Hello,
I'm not much of a programmer, but I've been following Rebol since it was
Lava, and I like the direction it (or RT, or Carl) is taking us.
Currently I'm enjoying Elan's book very much (great writing style,
Elan!), and even though I haven't yet found my a good project for Rebol,
I did
Howdy, Ted:
Isn't one of there an Open Source mantra about running
around spreading FUD? (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) ;-)
*grin*
-jeff
On 9/22/2000 at 8:51 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You are starting to sound a little disheartened in your recents
posts.. :-(
Oh,
On 9/21/2000 at 4:03 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I see an inherent mistrust of closed source products amongst many
developers because a closed source product can be taken away as quickly
as it is given. It's kind of like not wanting to commit to a
relationship with someone who hides things
On 9/21/2000 at 4:03 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
RT depends on developers to create applications to show that REBOL is
a viable alternative.
In real life, it's never been about which platform is better, it's
always been about which applications are better.
Java was ignored for years
And making REBOL open source would likely lend to its popularity as well.
But, as far as I know, Python and PHP are not businesses. Although, If I
remember correctly, MySQL is a business, free for non profitable use or
something. I would expect its biggest competitor to be PostgreSQL,
On 9/22/2000 at 8:51 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If we had the ability to compile code / or hide source in
distributions, it would help spur the development of 3rd party add-on
industry and the off the shelf apps too.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Maybe. But PHP and Perl don't have this,
