On 06/01/2007, at 9:29 AM, Lynn Fredricks wrote:
the indirect competition that turns the total market against you. For
example, one threat to cross-platform development is that Adobe may
actually
come up with a good Flash-like based standalone building solution with
native looking widgets.
Or with the improvements in AJAX techniques, programs such as http://
www.gliffy.com/ replace offline apps altogether.
Imagine a consumer box shipped with a Linux Kiosk mode where the
browser looks like the entire OS interface...
I actually think this is more likely and a bigger threat than Adobe
going to more "native" stuff.
There will still be a need for niches and vertical market software
such as the Lighting product mentioned in this thread.
The big danger is that a vendor like RS find themselves with too
small a market for the development tool to be able to make a living
from it and go out of business without open sourcing the tool.
Andy Dent BSc MACS http://www.oofile.com.au/
OOFILE - Database, Reports, Graphs, GUI for c++ on multiple platforms
REALbasic, Python, Mac and Windows development and porting
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