There is no link between benevolent dictators and success. There is no link between open source and success (Delphi, VB, ...)
--Maaten > Carl, > > what you say may be true if indeed people used non standard interpreters / protocols or whatever for REBOL or any other internet messaging & communications system. > > Of course you have to have an agreed standards & protocols otherwise the whole internet wouldn't function. > > Perl & Python both have internet functionality via modules & extensions, and tru they are not as natural & inbuilt or as easy to use as REBOL's however surely your not trying to say that because these languages are open source that they are not suitable for multiplatform > internet communication / messaging are you? > > The internet is based on agreed communication standards and protocols & functionality regardless of whether your working in REBOL, Perl, Python, JAVA or Microsoft DotNet. > > Webservices & the executable internet will be totally reliant on open specifications & messaging standards > non of this precludes "roll your own" or open source as long as you meet the agreed minimum standard. > > That's my opinion, which are more successful & gaining more traction Perl, Python or REBOL? > > I see new books & tutorials & resources coming out for these other languages all the time. I love REBOL and it's potential but i think it's losing the battle to become mainstream and part of the reason for that I believe is it's closed proprietary nature. > > We need REBOL to at least be specified, Sun at least got that right about JAVA. > > cheers, > > Mark Dickson > > > In a message dated Fri, 8 Feb 2002 6:12:24 AM Eastern Standard Time, Carl Read <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On 08-Feb-02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Maarten / Gregg > > > > > The good thing about benevolent dictators for example Linus Torvalds > > > (Linux), Larry Wall (Perl), Guido Van Rossum (Python) is that they > > > make their program / project source code available, that is why they > > > are benevolent. Yes they strictly control and decide upon what goes > > > into the "official" code base or release and that's where the > > > dictator part of the title comes from. > > > > > However with Linux, Perl & python, if some feature is missing or > > > something doesn't work for you then you can change it or implement > > > it differently yourself ( or pay someone to do it for you) and > > > create your own modified version that works for you. These changes > > > don't affect the "official" released versions but if they're useful > > > and provide value then they may or may not find their way into the > > > official code base if the benevolent dictator eventually decides to > > > accept your patches, or not! > > > > That may be fine for some software, but it isn't for a cross-platform, > > cross-Internet language. You can be sure that once people started > > rolling their own REBOLs the Net would fill up with scripts that > > weren't compatible with your version of REBOL. > > > > > THIS it aint so with REBOL, BUT I aint complaining about that. > > > however I for one would much prefer it if Carl Sassenrath adopted > > > the benevolent dictator model but Iam not going to hold my breath > > > waiting. > > > > > Best wishes, > > > > > Mark Dickson > > > > > > -- > > Carl Read > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the > > subject, without the quotes. > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the > subject, without the quotes. > > -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.
