I use the following in part of my 30 second spiel: With Revolution, I can quickly design a tool, like a timer with a graphic interface and a drop down menu, then in one step, compile it to an exe for Windows, an app for Mac OSX, an app for Linux/ Unix. I don't know Unix, and very little Windows, but it works flawlessly on all. Now I add a new feature, compile an update in about 3 seconds, send it to my client, and I am done. Cross platform made dead easy... (with emphasis on... well... all of the words.)
Jim Ault Las Vegas On 11/3/05 4:51 PM, "TJ Frame" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As much as I think these comparisons are misleading and limiting, "Hypercard > on Steroids" or "Professional Hypercard" are actually pithys way of getting > the essentials across to people. > Most programmerish types are aware of Hypercard and the general environment > and methodology associated with it (Mac people), and the "on steroids" part > implies the color, speed, language etc. enhancements. After that brief 2 > word explanation I usually expand by saying that Rev is a modern, robust, > full featured desendant of Hypercard with many numerous enhancements over > the old Mac-based tool. Metacard is vastly closer to Hypercard than anything > else so it just make sense to use the much more well known name when > describing Rev to new potential users. > That generally gets people up to speed with the understanding that Rev is > not a flavor of Java, C++, Visual Basic etc. which a lot of people seem to > imediately assume. > On 11/3/05, Mark Wieder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Dan- >> >> Wednesday, November 2, 2005, 2:33:12 PM, you wrote: >> >>> "A good experience is rich, something worth exploring, telling others >>> about, and experiencing again. It's overdetermined - or holistic - or >>> *integrated*. And being integrated makes it (often) hard to explain, >>> since one can't truly reduce an integrated whole to a simple cause." >> >>> Well said, I think, and an apt description of Revolution's many- >>> faceted appeals. >> >> Yes, for those of us already in the know. It's still no help, though, >> in terms of describing Revolution to potential users. My favorite so >> far is >> >> "It was a world of what it was, and it resembled nothing so much as an >> environment" >> >> -Edward Albee >> >> ...so - any attempt at trying to describe this for folks who haven't >> dived in yet? >> >> -- >> -Mark Wieder >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-revolution mailing list >> use-revolution@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution