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Thanks a lot for the ISO link to RAD Studio 12. Tried it but gave up as it is a 7.1GB download...! As I don't have legacy commitment in the form of a lot of Delphi code already, I've opted to go this route: >> Lazarus 3.0 IDE (204MB): https://www.lazarus-ide.org/ with FreePascal https://www.freepascal.org/ as the backend compiler. So far looks pretty clean, has the advantage of being free, and therefore no hooks for the compiler to have to talk to a commercial server that seems to be a recurring single-point-of-failure (2022 and now again in 2024). I will check next month if Lazarus does not provide the desired delight! Thanks again for the helpful suggestion.

yes, of course they did not. :) My comment was from the perspective of an experienced programming looking to give Delphi in 2024 a try this weekend - it's not been a great start to the Delphi experience. I take it from your reply that for now there is no known workaround for Community Edition to function, even if in a limited way? Thanks Uwe.

New to Delphi - just installed Community Edition Delphi 11 wanting to try Delphi development... And after an hour of Googling have come up to speed with the embarrassing server situation... Does this mean that I have no recourse to try CE until they figure out how to get the GetIt server back? Currently, I can't select a Platform, which means File > New shows no forms, nothing, except Other and Customize... Not a great start to a Delphi experience! :(