Arguably the fact that RB supports the three main platforms might turn out to be the thing that saves them from any one BIG player shafting them...
On 5/1/07 15:40, "Lynn Fredricks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> However, my main gripe with Realbasic is that it is a >> proprietary language. Although Realsoftware seems stable now, >> I have seen too many businesses go out of business or give up >> on their product. >> HyperCard, SuperCard and Metroworks come to mind here. Thats >> why I will abandon Realbasic a soon I'll find an acceptable >> alternative based on a non proprietary language. > > These products all went down for different reasons: > > HyperCard - we know who killed this ;-) > > SuperCard - Still alive but barely (fall from grace was depending on Mac > only and total incompetence in porting to Windows) > > Metrowerks - Even if they wanted to, very little money and Apple coming with > a free development tool (ie the platform they support is their worst > competitor). > > There is a common thread here :-) > > Best regards, > > Lynn Fredricks > President > Paradigma Software, Inc > > Joining Worlds of Information > > Deploy True Client-Server Database Solutions > Royalty Free with Valentina Developer Network > http://www.paradigmasoft.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives of this list here: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> > _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
