On 1/20/2000 at 1:38 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
{
But besides that, I'd like Carl to know that he's not our butler
(James, where is REBOL/Command?), but that we appreciate the work he
has invested in the design and implementation of REBOL and if he thinks
its a better idea to put off REBOL/Command for a little time longer,
and launch REBOL/View instead, then we are here to back him, and we are
here to share the excitement of launching REBOL/View with him.
}
As you mentioned, Elan, there was not a hue and cry when the
REBOL/Command date slipped. It's a significant closed-source project,
and will probably stay that way, and we all know what that means.
But the source for REBOL/View will be released, hopefully with the
beta, which we are now told will be released Friday.
Personally, I think it is very important that RT meet the Friday
deadline. It's a beta that will not be closed-source, so if there are
blemishes, we can offer fixes, and RT can release again. Hopefully,
there will also be a VIEW mailing list where interested parties can
discuss this.
And then perhaps we can also at least get some hard details about
/COMMAND -- so some of us can work on things it will not do. Right now,
/COMMAND is cited as a silver-bullet for every problem, causing endless
FUD. If the beta is not ready, at this point, we really should be
asking for at least a hard specification, or a heart-to-heart,
developer-to-developer description of the problem. As you point out,
we're all friends here.
-Ted.
