On 6/30/06, Alan Bourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Surely coupled with MySQL this is the holy grail for cross-platform database-centric development? I've heard and seen good things about Realbasic from the indie games development world, but is there anyone using it in anger for the sort of things we do with VFP ??
I think languages are too important to leave to a single vendor. RealBasic sounds good, but it's not Open. The vendor could change the licensing with the next version, drop support for platforms that aren't commercially viable, or introduce a killer bug (shades of dBASE IV!). If I get a great opportunity to drop an app on an ARM9 milliwatt board, I can cross compile a Python, Perl, PHP, Ruby, C++, Lisp, or Scheme app. I've already had vendors radically change my career with a proprietary language they dropped. Why would I do that again? Fool my once, ... -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
