Delphi 7 Enterprise or Delphi 2010 Professional

Question

At work I have used Delphi 6 & 7 Enterprise for several years. A few years back, I bought a personal copy of Turbo Delphi Professional. Because of this I am eligible for Delphi 2010 Professional upgrade. But I am not eligible for Delphi 2010 Enterprise upgrade though.

Is it worth buying Delphi 2010 Professional Upgrade or should I look for Delphi 7 Enterprise?

The purpose of me trying to buy Delphi includes writing Multi-tier database applications for learning purpose.

Any advise would be appreciated.

TIA!

Answer 1

Delphi 2010 is miles ahead of Delphi 7, particularly DataSnap.

If I were you, I would contact Embarcadero directly and see what it would take to upgrade to Delphi 2010 Enterprise. I would also follow Bob's advice and get SA.

http://embarcadero.com/products/rad-studio/rad-studio-feature-matrix.pdf