Lets face it, neither GCC or Xcode have much need commercially to keep providing new sexy features - neither the open source community or Apple need to derive any income from their tools. Hence one can expect to see much higher fix to new feature ratio.
Neither does MS really - for VS - since it is a de facto standard in so many ways - or a monopoly. RS has to derive a real income from its technology, and it has to keep moving with the market, aiming to attract new customers. MS doesn't need to do this, GNU doesn't, neither really does Apple. I'm not excusing the bugginess or rushed nature of the last release, but I do think the weighing factors and market conditions should be borne in mind. Plus its history that IDE manufacturers regularly go to the dogs. Its a risky market. Clipper, Symantec C or Borland have all been victims of a harsh moving market. The open source brigade, Apple or MS don't have these concerns. On 8/4/07 00:22, "Ryan Dary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah, that makes sense... I provided no comparison. We must be using > different benchmarks to determine the scale and rankings. > > Try comparing to XCode/Cocoa and Visual Studio/.Net. > > - Ryan Dary > > Charles Yeomans wrote: >> I don't think that REALbasic ranks low in those categories. >> >> Charles Yeomans >> >> >> On Apr 7, 2007, at 4:32 PM, Ryan Dary wrote: >> >>> Using something professionally is not necessarily the "test" of >>> professionalism. I can "use" all kinds of things in a profession, but >>> it doesn't mean that those things become professional. >>> >>> In the previous posts, I'm using the term professional to refer to a >>> level of stability, capability, and overall quality. REALbasic ranks >>> low in those categories. >>> >>> - Ryan Dary > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> > Regards, Dan _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
