On 7/9/03 4:05 AM, Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote, > Thank goodness it wasn't acquired by Micro$oft. ;)
Please... Don't even joke. Their first order of business would be to drop Mac and Linux support and insert bugs... > From the FAQ on the press release page at > <http://www.runrev.com/metacardpr.html>: > > What happens to existing MetaCard customers? > > Existing customers will get a free upgrade to Revolution with > their next subscription renewal. Which is essentially a paid cross-grade. It means that the next time I get ready to fork over 300 bucks to MetaCard I give it to Rev instead and then I get Rev. Which means I'm paying 300 for Rev. Which I can do anyway if I simply buy a Small Business License. So there's no real benefit, other than the fact that, I assume, my pro MC license would cross grade into a pro Rev license, which gives me access to some databases that I don't need. Don't get me wrong, for people who need to do MySQL stuff this is a decent deal. For me it's not. However, I teach students at a high school, though most of my day is network admin, so I probably qualify as a teacher. Rev's price for teachers is only $99. I had to read that twice to make sure I had the correct price. I guess I would be willing to spend 99 bucks to give Rev a shot and see if it's for me. If I ever wanted to put something out commercially I'd have to grab the small business license. I must admit that seeing some of the list's big names come out in favor or Rev has me thinking that I ought to be more open to this idea. I posted, years ago, my opinions on MetaCard and where it should head, and I said it needed a more sophisticated interface, better marketing, and a lower price. I admit that Rev has all 3. I also admit that this will lead to more programmers, which is always a good thing. Lots to think about... -- :) Richard MacLemale Network Administrator J. W. Mitchell High School _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
