Let me say something here...
We are not secretive. We are short on time. Extremely so. With the number of
products we deal with, multiplied by the number of systems they run on, we are
stretched to the max. You're not dealing with Microsoft or Sun here. We are a small
company. The fact that we've accomplished so much to date is because we strongly
believe in what we are doing.
Since I began REBOL, I have written thousands of pages of docs, tens of thousands of
lines of code, over 100,000 emails, dozens of useful utilities and scripts, hundreds
of web pages, hundreds of examples, dozens of press interviews, and a few articles.
Other members of the REBOL Team have contributed in similar ways, and some of you in
the REBOL community have also contributed. All of you have benefited from these
efforts.
As a venture backed company that pays its engineers so they can work on their software
designs full time rather than just on weekends & late nights as a hobbyist, we need to
make money. Yes, we believe in our product and we believe in the REBOL community.
Could we do more for our community? I'm absolutely sure that we could. However, right
now, we've got to focus on REBOL the Company. We have to get our REBOL commercial
products finished and into the hands of paying customers. That is the reality of what
we are doing.
Will these commercial products be of benefit to you, you can bet on it. No, we won't
be giving away REBOL/Express. If you want Express, you'll have to buy it, and let me
warn you, it's not cheap. REBOL/Express serves a critical need in the world of
Internet based business, and we are going to charge for that. However, the building
of REBOL/Express will require additional functions and features be developed for our
core software. Features like multitasking, modules, view, graphics, audio, streaming
media, dynamic components, and developer tools are all essential, and they will be
pushed seriously by commercial REBOL applications. As REBOL grows as a company, so
too will the features of all its products.
With regard to the specifics of buglists, knowledge-bases, and specs: I'm for it. But
help me out because I don't have the time or peoplepower to do everything for
everybody. Like I said: I've been focusing on YOU for four years now. I've had no
life, just you. Now, you've got to help me focus on REBOL the company. That is truly
the most rewarding path to the future, for all of us.
A REBOL as always,
-Carl Sassenrath
Founder & CTO
REBOL Technologies
At 10/8/00 08:45 AM -0800, you wrote:
>Hi Ted:
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> On 10/7/2000 at 8:31 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> > I do have a sense of deja vu here though.... and I'm wondering if
>>
>> The marketplace won't accept a product without these facilities, which
>> doesn't serve the investor's interest. Everyone publishes
>> knowledgebases and bug reports, including Sun and Microsoft. There has
>> also always been the opportunity to post these at arms-length from the
>> main Web site, at REBOL.ORG, as is done with the list archives, but
>> that has never been done either.
>
>Of course I agree with you Ted. Without qualification. And this agreement
>is
>shared with other folks monitoring rebol's progress. I think there would
>be more
>usage of rebol if they were more forthcoming. Perhaps someone at rebol
>may be reading this. I don't want to name names, but I believe that there
>are
>differening opinions within the rebol team. Hopefully the best judgement
>will
>prevail.
>
>Regards
>Tim
>
