At 01:22 PM 5/18/2010, Marco Groeneveld wrote:
Hi,
Is Windows still the platform for R:BASE or are there more and more
users / customers interested in for example Max OS X or Linux as
development or as runtime ?
By the way is there a market to have R:BASE working on an Apple IPhone?
Marco
At 02:46 PM 5/18/2010, McClure, Cheryl (CDC/ONDIEH/NCEH) wrote:
I use to bug Razzak every time I saw him to bring R:BASE to the Mac world.
What could be better that the best computer/operating system + the best
database software? He finally convinced me the market just was not large
enough to support the investment of resources needed to serve both Windows
and Mac. I still think the day will come when it will be a good business
decision. The success of the iPhone and iPad may hasten that day.
In the mean time, I use Boot Camp software which lets you run compatible
versions of Microsoft Windows on an Intel-based Mac. R:BASE software
works exactly the same on a Mac running Windows under Boot Camp as any
other Windows computer. I've used it for several years with no problems.
There are also third party virtualization software programs (Parallels
and VMware Fusion are the main ones.) which makes Windows fully integrated
into the Mac system, so your applications, files and even external USB
devices are accessed the same as if they were native to the Mac. No
rebooting required.
Even though Boot Camp and Parallels work fine, I may have to start bugging
Razzak about R:BASE for Mac if only for old times sake.
At 03:03 PM 5/18/2010, Bill Downall wrote:
Marco,
I have an iPhone -- so does Razzak, come to think of it -- and I don't
know what I would do with a version of R:BASE on my phone.
The iPhone is a platform for client applications, hardly ever with a
database on the phone. The database lives elsewhere, and is accessed
through messages sent to and from the tiny applications on the phone.
(The exception, where the database lives on the phone, is contacts,
but even that is usually synced to another database elsewhere.) You
don't find middleware for sale in the App Store. There's no "SQL
Server" for iPhone, or "MS Access", or even FileMaker.
You could certainly have an R:BASE database living on a server
somewhere, and, or example, an iPhone web app that will access data
from that database through a server application elsewhere, using
Oterro at the server end.
I must admit, though, that for almost 25 years I've done my own
company billing through R:BASE, and just changed that to a "cloud"
invoicing service that lets me enter hours, tasks, and expenses
easily from my phone or my computer. I like the portability, and
the ability to generate bills for my clients while I'm on a golf
course in New Mexico and my computer is in Indiana. (Not that I'm
billing them for that time :-) )
Marco, Cheryl, Bill D., et al.
As you all know, it is no secret that our loyal and die-hard
customers, partners, guardian angels, and R:BASE developers
(with vested interest in R:BASE) are the driving force behind
the success of R:BASE Technologies, Inc., celebrating its 12th
Anniversary with the MAJOR release of R:BASE eXtreme 9.0 and
Oterro 9.0.
The following paragraph is from my original post on this official
R:BASE list on May 11, 2010 at 11:28pm.
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Subject: Re: R:BASE eXtreme 9.0 Beta Testers
While you all have fun with the official release version of R:BASE
eXtreme 9.0 (32/64), we will be busy fulfilling those pre-purchase
orders, shipping the product media around the world, and getting ready
for our 12th Annual R:BASE Conference http://www.rbase.com/events/
full of R:BASE eXtreme 9.0 presentations, solutions, and a few
surprises!
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Having said that, have you all compared the look and feel of
www.rbase.com when using the browser on your desktop vs. iPhone?
Hope that provides you all with some blue's clues ...
Very Best R:egards,
Razzak.
