On Feb 15, 2006, at 1:37 PM, Tony Spencer wrote:
Troy: It is a little unfair. As has been pointed out, most of the apps you mentioned were:
Nothing is "fair". It is a statistic. It is somewhat interesting as a statistic. Xcode (in its current form) is MUCH younger than RB, yet many killer apps have already been made with it. RB has none to its credit. People will read into that whatever they will. I read it (combined with other statistics and data) that RB is suitable for vertical market apps, and shareware/utility level apps, for many of the reasons that have already been stated. Others will absolutely read it differently (or not at all). But so far, my read has not been proven wrong. Once someone makes a powerful, elegant, name recognition app with RB, my view will likely change. Until then, I guess things are just unfair.
And again, RB suits many needs almost perfectly. The real point here is that it is no position to displace the other tools mentioned, because it can't do their job. The killer app statistic is only part of the evidence, and whether people like it or not, some developers will take it into consideration when choosing the tools to put in their toolboxes. Of course, like me, that doesn't prevent some from using RB anyway. When it's right, it's right.
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