Richard MacLemale wrote:
>
> Gotta jump in on this one.
>
> I also noticed that RealBasic for the Mac is marketing that they'll be OS X
> ready. RealBasic is the company that I wrote about a while ago, saying that
> they had a great pricing scheme that I'd love to see MetaCard copy. And now
> with the OS X thing... and they claim cross-platform compatibility with
> Visual Basic... I thought "perhaps I ought to download their demo and at
> least give it a look..."
>
> OK, so I did. And after playing with it for a couple of hours, I came to
> the undeniable conclusion that HyperCard and MetaCard have totally spoiled
> me with the power of scripting. There's no WAY I will EVER voluntarily do
> basic. RealBasic advertises itself as a painless way to program... but it
> looks a lot like Visual Basic to me, and as far as I'm concerned, if you're
> going to delve into gibberish that deeply, go the whole way and learn C or
> Java. There are visual tools for both languages that speed development...
>
> Anyway, RealBasic sucks compared to MetaCard, and if they make an OS X
> version, it will still suck compared to MetaCard. I tend to think
> everything sucks compared to MetaCard, but that's me. :)
>
> Where was I? Oh yeah. The whole thing about Jobs making comments about the
> train leaving the station and Apple putting everything they have behind OS X
> this fall. I too see this as a HUGE opportunity for MetaCard. A little
> publicity from Apple certainly couldn't hurt MetaCard. And Apple said it
> would highlight OS X apps. I realize that this is all going to happen
> anyway, as Scott Raney has publicly stated that MetaCard for OS X will
> happen. I guess I'm just really, really excited about the whole thing.
>
> :)
> Richard MacLemale
> www.coolclassroom.com
>
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Even if Linux and FreeBSD are realy great, it could be a serious help to
MacOS if the Metacard MacOS X issue...
Best Regards, Pierre Sahores
CRDP de l'academie de Creteil
WEB, DB, ASP, VPN, B2B design
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