Awesome news! Judy
On Fri, 10 Nov 2006, Chipp Walters wrote: > Well, most of you probably have already read the latest news, but I thought > I could add our take on things. > > Today we announced the imminent sale of three of our best selling add-ons to > Runtime Revolution. > The three products are altBrowser, altSQLite, and altFont. All are externals > which enhance the capabilities of the RunRev development platform and > standalones. For more information on what they do, please visit our website > at www.altuit.com. Here are some answers to some obvious questions: > > So why did Chris and I do this? > We have felt for sometime now, Chris has pushed the external architecture to > it's limits with altBrowser. With RunRev now becoming the owner, there are > many things they can do to even make it better, as well as integrate it more > thoroughly with the IDE. altSQLite is the only single-user DB available for > RR which runs on all 3 platforms-- plus the footprint is considerably > smaller than all others. It's a natural fit for RunRev, especially for users > of other databases like FileMaker who wish to jump out from under > restrictive licensing terms. And altFont was thrown in for 'good measure!' > > When does the sale take place? > Starting December 1, you can no longer purchase any of the 3 from Altuit. > > What about support? > We will continue to support versions purchased from us up until Dec 1. We > are not obligated to support any of the products after Dec 1. If you ask > nicely, we will probably help out. ;-) > > Do existing users get free or discounted upgrades? > This has not yet been determined. Purchasing a new version today does not > allow you a free upgrade when RR's version comes out in Q1, so unless you > really need the functionality now, you may wish to wait. > > What if I need to buy altBrowser, altSQLite or altFont between Dec 1 and > when RR ships the new version in Q1 2007? > You'll need to discuss it directly with the Runtime Revolution folks. > > Does this mean Altuit will no longer be making externals or other products > for Rev users? > Nope, we still may release some external products in the future. We > currently still have a free grouping of plugins available for developers > along with MagicCarpet, InterfaceDesigner, and ButtonGadget available for > all you guys and gals. > > Does this mean Altuit is leaving the RunRev platform? > Not anytime soon. Unless someone can point us to a product which allows us > to develop client apps like ChartWizard > < http://www.buttongadget.com/ButtonGadgetSub/Downloads.htm> > IN A SINGLE DAY, I seriously doubt it. Plus, we have many many clients who > depend on RunRev applications built by us for them who all need support and > next generation products. > > Did you guys make a boatload of money from this? > We wish. Actually the terms are a big trade secret, but needless to say, > Chris and I won't be making any unscheduled stops in Vegas anytime soon. The > primary incentive for doing this was not money. A real bonus is, we believe > it helps to make RR a stronger and more viable platform. Discussions with > Kevin over the past month have been very positive regarding the future of > quality control for our beloved development platform, as evidenced by the > public beta announcement made today. > > Thanks to all for the great support of our products. We hope to onetime > again amaze you guys with some newer, neater stuff! > > best, Chipp and Chris > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list metacard@lists.runrev.com http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard