Chris wrote:
> David Hawley wrote:
>
> > What is the point of having expiration built into the code? I can see
>
> To date the only RT technologies you can distribute are the /core
> binary and /command runtimes? /view is a beta product which is not
> ready for commercial deployment. License restrictions are fine if
> your users stick to licenses, but few businesses have remained in
> business by trusting their users on such things. Building in an
> expiration prevents all but the hardcore hackers from deploying
> a product comercially. As with a lot of software development
> companies, RT needs to maintain an image. If you read the blurb on
> the RT site you'll realise it's not aimed at developers, or even
> end users for that matter. It's aimed at managers, pen-pushers and
> admin people who pay more attention to how many buzzwords there are
> in a sentance than the specifications of the product. This image
> is not served by allowing people to ship products which rely on
> a stable but incomplete product like /view. What happens if
> someone develops a product which seems to work fine but, when
> shipped, encounters problems with /view? How is that going to
> affect the customer? At best it'll make them less open to Rebol,
> at worst it could generate a lot of negative publicity that
> puts off potential customers and discourages investors.
>
> There are sound business reasons for expiration dates in beta
> software. IMO the big "problem" is that RT are so careful in
> releasing fairly well programmed betas that people forget that
> they are testing incomplete, possibly buggy code rather than the
> finished product.
I have to agree here, although each coin has two sides. What is more - beta
expiration makes ppl to upgrade! VID code and Core itself are changing from
release to release. Can you imagine tens or hundreds of ppl would post old,
possibly non functional code to public libraries, while newer, not anymore
compatible versions would be out?
There are many changes to View in current beta Link release and there are
even some further changes planned. I know the wait is frustrating, but only
RT can tell us when the wait is likely gonna be over ....
Cheers,
-pekr-
>
>
> Chris
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