On 10 Nov 2006, at 17:44, Bernard Devlin wrote:
Dave said:
>>
then RunRev will stop growing and eventually die.
<<
I think that these kind of doomsday prognostications are
particularly unhelpful. Do you have any evidence that Runrev's
financial position is suffering?
Just going by my past experiences in software development and with
working with RunRev.
As far as I can see, Runrev are going from strength to strength.
Do you really think that this long stream of negative threads is
beneficial to new users, old users, and the company itself? I
think it is more likely to put off new users than anything else
they might experience in their first 30 days of using Rev.
It depends, if the bugs get fixed (which it seems from another thread
they are), then yes, I think they were beneficial to all those
parties mentioned above. If they don't get fixed, then I don't think
it will hurt those parties that much. On balance, I think that
sending the mail will cause more good than harm, else I wouldn't
have sent it.
In fact, ironically, part of me actually doesn't want other people
to know about Rev - for me Rev is an amazing competitive
advantage. I'm not entirely sure that my interests as a developer
are best served by everyone and his dog knowing what a great tool
it is. Of course it is in Runrev's interests to maximize their
profits and maximise their sales.
I can't see this, I'd rather have experience in a tool that is "in-
demand" rather than one that no one knows about.
Since I first came across Rev 4 years ago I have bought updates
(even if I was not making much use of the tool in those years)
because I wanted to keep supporting it for a time when (or even if)
I did start to really need it. Anyone who can see that it is a
very productive tool for them should IMO do likewise and keep a
stream of revenue going in the direction of Runrev. If you can
find better tools for development, then go for them. I for one
can't find a better tool for the development of cross-platform GUI
apps. And if you've spent a significant amount of time learning
the ins and outs of Transcript/xTalk and the whole stacks/controls/
message path thing, then it's in your own interest to do what you
can to support Runrev.
As far as I am concerned, with Rev the glass is certainly more than
half-full. In fact, if I had the money I'd be trying to buy the
company.
I'm not talking about "me", I'm talking about trying to sell it to a
whole programming department that is currently using a mix of Macs,
Windows and Linux machines and programming tools such as C/C++,
RealBasic, AppleScript, XML, PDF, PERL, JavaScript, etc.
All the Best
Dave
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