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But I don't like the tone. Although it is true that the lack of collaboration between FPC and Delphi leads to incompatibilities in the latest features, I think it is doing too much a deal.
In addition, most people who choose FPC / Lazarus do this because they need some real FPC / Lazarus features that Delphi does not provide or does not plan to provide. This is rarely one option "Lazarus is free."
- eg. native interface with OS X, while Embarcadero is just preparing the QT port)
- Support ARM / PowerPC / Sparc etc.