Daniel-
So lets get this straight... You guys want RS to show everybody their
source code for the IDE and framework. Sure you don't want to get
them to
O.S. their compiler as well ? Im sure they'd love our help
debugging that.
Give me a break...
First of all, there's no reason it can't be "closed-source", like in
Microsoft -- give access to those who pay or to those who have proven
themselves as key people in the community, with an NDA and legal
ramifications if the source code is leaked.
Second, I personally don't care if they open source the IDE and
frameworks as much as I care about having programming access to them
through APIs, like in other development tools. Let me have an API to
add my own editing or programming tools to the IDE so I don't need
code to read and write project files. Let me check and manipulate a
program's abstract syntax tree and symbol table through an API so I
don't have to write most of a REALbasic compiler and parse the
language reference or frameworks files just to create programming
tools. The top IDEs (Eclipse, NetBeans, Visual Studio, IDEA) provide
these capabilities built-in, and the community has created a large
catalog of powerful programming IDE plugins (both free and
commercial) that has helped to increase the growth of the IDE's user
bases.
But if I can't get RS to do these things, open sourcing the IDE and/
or frameworks and allowing users to add these capabilities is a
satisfactory second choice. I'm willing to pay to be in their
developer program (despite the fact that it's a huge expense for me
since I don't sell my software) to get access.
Dr. Scott Steinman
Brought to you by a grant from the Steinman Foundation (Thanks, Mom
and Dad!)
Recommended by Major University Studies Over the Leading Brand
steinman at midsouth dot rr dot com
I hope I die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. . .not
screaming in terror like his passengers. -- "Deep Thoughts", Jack Handy
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