Shari wrote: > What happens to Metacard, impacts those who rely on it for their > bread and butter. I love xTalk languages. And was hoping/expecting > that Scott/Metacard would be around a long time so that I could use > it as my foundation.
There's a hint about the MC side of things in this quote from Dr. Raney: "The future of multi-platform software development is Runtime Revolution, and I'm pleased to be joining the development team that will take it there." That gives the impression he's still quite involved, and it's clear he has a strong preference for a lean IDE. Perhaps he'll chime in with his plans for the IDE soon. Personally, I've been so impressed with Tuviah's excellent work with Scott on the engine over the last year that at this time I have a good feeling about this: it seems reasonable to expect that unified coordination of development resources will yield more effecient expansion of the engine going forward. One of the good things about Rev is that they eat their own dog food, as Jobs used to say. With the Rev IDE being based on the MC engine and pushing it to its limits, it would seem the stuff they need should enable the stuff we need too. I've already seen some of this effect with regard to the new group properties in MC 2.5, in which their needs mirrored mine but gave the request a much stronger weight. With Scott and Tuviah working in a more integrated way with the rest of the team, it would seem they're in a position to add things like that even faster. And as much as I like MC's lean operation I don't think Scott has any illusions about marketing to the masses. He's been profitably marketing to his core audience which works for him, but as developers we benefit from the vendor who can generate the greatest interest among the general public. Rev has been very effective in getting the word out, and most professional xTalk developers I know have seen an increase in new business in proportion to RunRev's efforts over the last year, even as my friends using more commodity languages like VB, Java, and C++ are losing work to the economy and overseas brokerages (Microsoft moved a few hundred more of their jobs to India just last week). So the combination of Rev's IDE pushing the engine harder for features we can benefit from, and their demonstrated effectiveness in marketing, the only thing not covered in the FAQ is what will happen to the MC IDE.... -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation Developer of WebMerge 2.2: Publish any database on any site ___________________________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com Tel: 323-225-3717 AIM: FourthWorldInc _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard