I've been away, in various senses, and only just read about all this.
I have enormous respect for Kevin and LiveCode.
I've been using the product since it was Metacard, and Revolution (as it was
then) was an enormous upgrade. The first bug I reported in the quality control
centre was over 20 years ago (was there another system before then? I don't
recall anymore). (And indeed the 64th report I made, marked as CONFIRMED but
still not actioned, that I'd still like, was reported over 20 years ago... 🤨).
I've used it to make tools for myself, a lot; tools for my colleagues a bit;
tools for clients a bit. Mostly now it's tools for myself, which very rarely
get built into standalones; but I still maintain a few tools for clients.
As the world developed over the decades, I feared for Kevin's company,
whatever it was variously called. I felt that they were pursuing an almost
impossible mission, maintaining and extending an extremely niche language
across multiple platforms - having to persuade potential clients to buy a
language before they could try to persuade them to buy a product. I supported
most or all of the various fundraisers, sometimes with my company's money but
more often with my own, even for developments I'm not interested in like HTML
and Xavvi; in solidarity. I'm sorry that the open source experiment didn't
work out, I'm sorry that the Filemaker idea didn't work out.
I am frankly surprised, and deeply impressed, that they have survived this
long. It is a tribute to their tenacity and agility.
They have the right to take the company and product in whatever direction they
think will produce the best result, and I wish them all the best luck in the
world.
Having said all that:
- Create is not for me.
- I'll keep using Classic while I can
- Please put everything we to need know in text - I can't watch videos*
- Three things I don't yet know:
- Is Classic changing in any way - e.g. will standalones phone home?
- Classic supported to 2025 - is that Jan 1 2027, or Dec 31 2027?
- When Classic goes EOL, will it stop working, or just not receive updates
for new OS, app store rules etc?
Thanks and all the best,
Ben
* doc hawk wrote (01/08/2024):
> You say the as if expecting someone to view a video to get information
wasn’t an act of Evil . . . :)
- and probably against DDA/ADA/EA
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