Yep - that's all cool Andreas. I just wanted to sound those notes of caution.
Personally I think NetBeans is infinitely better crafted and easier to use than Eclipse. The dominance of the latter is a good example of market lock-in :) The nice NB update module mechanism for an ANTLRWorks app would certainly be appreciated by users. Michael On 11 October 2011 00:39, Andreas Stefik <stef...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 9, 2011 at 11:22 PM, Michael Bedward > <michael.bedw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> As a long-time NB user I really like the sound of ANTLRWorks becoming >> an NB Platform app. Just two things I'd be cautious about: >> >> 1. Oracle's commitment and what this means for platform stability. >> Recent events, such as dropping support for the Python and Ruby >> plugins (euphemistically termed "giving them to the community") raise >> worries about Oracle's commitment to anything that isn't seen as >> commercially attractive in the very short term. > > I recall when Ruby support was dropped, they showed some statistics > from the Gesture collector on how many people use it. So far as I > recall, it was dropped because very, very few people actually used the > plugins. I don't remember the stats off the top of my head, but at the > time I recall thinking it was probably the right decision. Since that > time, they've been able to dedicate more resources to other projects, > many of which are really neat (~7.1 branch). > > So, I don't work for Oracle and have no vested interest, but I don't > think it was so much commercial interests as it was a lack of interest > from the community. > > Just my opinion. Awesome work, Ter, you and Sam are moving going fast! > > Stefik > List: http://www.antlr.org/mailman/listinfo/antlr-interest Unsubscribe: http://www.antlr.org/mailman/options/antlr-interest/your-email-address -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "il-antlr-interest" group. To post to this group, send email to il-antlr-inter...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to il-antlr-interest+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/il-antlr-interest?hl=en.