Alex Rice wrote: > By why are you posting this? Just couldn't resist an opportunity to > bash OS X? > > That's kinda funny because there are numerous OS X users on this list, > and if you look at runrev.com, all the screenshots are of OS X. Go > figure! Yeah it must really suck.
Actually, aside from shots of OS X-specific features they seem to have them available for most supported platforms. In all fairness to Xavier, while his post might have been worded more gently his point is relevant, as I quantified in my last post. We need to keep in mind the critical distinction between the developer and the end-user. While its appropriate for RunRev's site to focus on the developer, and even to acknowledge that a disproportionate number of Rev users are Mac folk, priorities for the engine itself are best served by focusing on the end-user. Rev provides true platform independence. The OS a developer uses is largely irrelevant in the bigger picture -- it's all about the end-user. I'm writing this on OS X, and with yesterday's announcement from Microsoft about the discovery of five more security holes in their Win32 products I'm pretty happy with what I'm using. But I don't matter. Only my customers matter. In my work, I am nothing more than a conduit between the engine and the end-user. Their needs define the features I build, and the capabilities of the engine determine the order in which they are implemented. People use Windows. I may believe this puts them at unnecessary risk, but like I said, I don't matter. By this time next year, most analysts predict Linux will be #2 on the desktop; some even predict a 10% market share, which would be four times Apple's. We have no native appearances for either. Rev's support for Aqua looks great. IMNSHO, it's time to address native appearances for the other 97.5% of the people who ultimately pay the rent for all of us including RunRev, our end-users. > Alex Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Mindlube Software | http://mindlube.com > > what a waste of thumbs that are opposable > to make machines that are disposable -Ani DiFranco Great quote. I love Ani! I hope having her own label makes her as wealthy as she could ever want to be (sure beats making $0.05 on every $15 CD like most labels pay their artists <g>). -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation Developer of WebMerge: Publish any database on any Web site ___________________________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com Tel: 323-225-3717 AIM: FourthWorldInc _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
