On 3/2/06 9:38 AM, "Jonathan Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 3/1/06, Russ Tyndall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I could try and say: "Well, I use Real Software's development tool for that >> app and Real just hasn't said yet. > > Yes, we have. We have stated it will be available by the end of the year: > > <http://realsoftware.com/news/pr/2006/cocoa/> > > "Support for Cocoa and Universal Binaries will ship later this year > and will be delivered via the REALbasic Rapid Release model." > > While it's not an exact date, it's much better than "sometime." Yes. After reading some of the other comments, and thinking about it for another day, I think it's foolish for me to worry about this. (speaking only for myself.) I have absolute faith that we'll be able to build universals before the end of the year, and that is sufficiently specific for me. So, the tact I'm going to take with my customers who inquire/complain is the straightforward one: my development environment won't be ready until later in the year to build universals. Why? Because Apple didn't even let them know such a change was imminent until June(?) 2005, and substantial changes are necessary "under the hood". If they make a fuss, I'll just remind them that Apple probably worked on xCode for a long time (years? I have no idea) before making the Intel announcement. So, it's just not reasonable to expect products built in environments other than xCode to be ready yet. And if they say I should be using xCode, I'll tell them another painful truth: if I wasn't using RB, there simply wouldn't be a Mac version. If they want a time estimate, I'll just say the first quarter of 2007 at the latest. That will just have to do; it allows time for testing, even if RS's "by the end of the year" becomes Dec 31st! And if universals come out earlier, all the better. -- Russ Tyndall Wake Forest, NC _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
