Great, thanks. So we have two comments from RT folks. Now it's your turn, Carl
:-)
-pekr-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Just to reiterate what Dan has said:
>
> REBOL is working hard this weekend to get View/Beta out the door. Might be
> Monday. Some things may seem like they've fallen by the wayside, but they
> haven't. We'll be following View up with a refresh of Core and then
> following that up with finishing the Apache product. In between, and just
> for fun, we will try and get Command/Beta out along with some of those DB
> modules.
Ha, modules. Modularity is important. Still waiting for yet unanswered
questions. Why are not /View /Command /Browse etc just modules built upon /Core?
Or are they? Because if not, I can't imagine RT to suply all that variations one
could want, e.g. someone would like to have /Browse together with /Command
capabilities, or /View together with /Command capabilities. What then? Just
don't tell me we will have to run two REBOL, linking them with some protocol
;-)
> Before we have too much fun, we will have to finish off the
> View/Beta product and get a final release out. Of course, engineering
> doesn't keep all the fun to itself. The product pricing committee gets to
> join the fray as we discuss how to price and license all these great new
> products. (Core will remain free, however.) That business sometimes seems
> more confusing than the NT Registry.
>
:-) Well, you already got some suggestions out off of the list some few months
ago :-)
> As you can see, we have a very full plate... We apologize for what seems
> like a long delay, but we do have a number of great products coming. Hang
> in there a bit longer.
>
> Tom Croswell
> VP Product Development
>
Nice to see you participate here, Tom :-)
Thanks once again,
-pekr-
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 2:56 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [REBOL] Openletter to Rebol HQ. Re:(8)
>
> Little late for me to enter this thread, but I'll throw a REBOL employee
> response into the mix prior to Carl's.
>
> I strongly believe Elan's excitement (and others) for View is well-placed.
> Carl and some of the team were pounding away until the wee early morning
> hours today getting View working...it really will be ready soon :-)
> Actually, the need to provide you with a bunch of decent examples to get
> everyone off on the right foot is our biggest gating factor, but there are
> already more than 20 and many more to come.
>
> As for jb and other's demand for Command and web application needs, they are
> also valid and not forgotten. We have a number of modules that are quite
> close, but in addition to final testing and packaging, are held up until we
> make some strategic decisions and free up some resources...rest assured,
> everyone's feedback on this list and through direct emails are being
> considered in our decision-making and we will actively solicit your
> viewpoints going forward.
>
> Hope this helps clarify things a little! dan
>
> .At 09:56 AM 1/20/00 -0600, you wrote:
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>
> >> Whether the beta ships this week or next week, let us not lose from
> >> sight, what it is that we are talking about. We are not talking
> >> about extending REBOL with a GUI interface!
> >>
> >> We are talking about adding REBOL to GUI applications. GUI
> >> applications become programmable in REBOL! This is GUI applications
> >> with Internet processing programmable in REBOL! This is Internet
> >> applications with GUIs programmable in REBOL! Big difference!
> >>
> > ...
> >>
> >> There are millions and millions of people out there, who are
> >> comfortable with a mouse and who expect that they can start up an
> >> application and make choices from menus in order to accomplish
> >> their tasks. These people will be able to use our scripts.
> >> This is important!
> >>
> >
> >It's really too bad that experienced users like Elan have become
> >so jaded that they can't get excited about the future of REBOL...
> >
> >;-}
> >
> >Seriously, I think Elan's right on target about the importance of
> >GUI capabilities to the great masses. Those of us that are happy
> >with a text-based interaction (or who write server scripts, etc.)
> >are definitely in the minority. As long as we are writing code
> >just for ourselves to use, or to be hidden in a server somewhere,
> >text mode is fine. However, if I want to write scripts for non-
> >technical human users, I want the tools to make it easy for them
> >to appreciate the beauty of my work! ;-)
> >
> >I think there's a significant market for REBOL code which will
> >only open up when T. C. Mits can drive it with pretty pictures.
> >
> >-jn-
> >
> >P.S.: The prospect of early availability of REBOL/View only
> >increases my desire for comprehensive docs. Please, please,
> >please, please....
