To be fair though, RS, like a lot of Mac developers have had to absorb the huge resource costs of converting to intel. Something that didn't just require code amendments, but a wholly different IDE = Xcode - as opposed to CodeWarrior. There are still many Mac software houses that have not yet delivered intel versions - including Adobe.
My thinking is that now the "storm" is over there will be a time of consolidation. As for new markets - Linux makes total sense. RS has to after all differentiate itself as much as possible from VB.NET and cross platform is a big part of that. Plus I believe its going to be huge market. Not only China but many other countries are increasingly adopting linux for their publicly funded IT needs. Not so sure what the rationale was for RB SQL Server - but I am guessing it is part of a move to providing a comprehensive toolset for building web apps ( ala 4D ). On 8/11/06 21:52, "Norman Palardy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 08, 2006, at 2:45 PM, Mike Woodworth wrote: > >> I just look at the things RB is willing to sink huge development >> efforts into, and its mostly things to capture new markets. I >> don't think this will capture a market as much as stop the leaking >> of those users who outgrow RB for major projects. Perhaps we can >> convince RS this is something they need to do - but I get the sense >> they don't currently consider it a big priority. > > Ditto > The Linux IDE & REAL SQL Server were/are new markets > RB is the bread and butter and it need to be rock solid on whatever > platforms it's on otherwise the attrition of the most experienced > developers may grow wand that would be bad press for REAL > _______________________________________________ > 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> > _______________________________________________ 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>
