This got funny quick. Sure have them give yall the source, do you want fries with that?
Heheh If RB ever went open I would walk away. many open projects that I have seen are low grade and some even start well just to be abandoned later. Nooo thank you!!! -----Original Message----- From: "Daniel L. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: 1/5/2007 9:03 PM Subject: Re: [OFF] What is keeping you using REALbasic? > Or with the improvements in AJAX techniques, programs such as http:// > www.gliffy.com/ replace offline apps altogether. Yeah...I've heard that one before. In the late 90's I believe. I didn't buy it then either ;-) A completely online architecture might at least have a shot if app sizes, I/O, and CPU requirements were the same as in, oh, 1990. But they're not even close. I don't ever see Internet bandwidth reaching the point of truly allowing a "thin-client" PC model to work for consumers. Every time the Internet gets faster, apps get bigger. And the apps seem to be getting bigger faster. And that's to say nothing of the security issues.... > The big danger is that a vendor like RS find themselves with too > small a market for the development tool to be able to make a living > from it and go out of business without open sourcing the tool. Been there, done that, didn't even get a lousy T-shirt. But in all honesty, the tools made by the "big boys" aren't safe either. Just look at MPW, or VB and Visual Studio pre-NET. I would consider it a major advantage if RS had some form of legal agreement or escrow whereby if the company ever went under, RB would be open sourced automatically. I would also consider it a major advantage to be able to purchase a license whereby I not only got RB, but the source to RB, even under NDA and even if I had to submit all improvements back to RS. (Naturally I would expect that to be the most expensive purchase option.) It would not only increase the situations where I would recommend RB over some other tool, but would help me pitch RB to clients in those situations. However, from RS side hammering out such things would be a nightmare. What would the triggers and safeguards be? How do you PR it without starting rumors that the company is in trouble? In the case of a source-license, what's to really prevent the source from ending up on BitTorrent? But if they could hammer something out, I guarantee it would look good to potential customers. Daniel L. Taylor Taylor Design Computer Consulting & Software Development [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.taylor-design.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>
