Thanks Mark,
That is the situation as I understood it too, but some comments in this
thread could be taken as suggesting that others know or believe differently.
I agree with your comments. It is inevitable that OS9 support will be
dropped at some point. But I do hope that due warning will be given
before this happens, rather than after. We too have to plan ahead.
I am in the same position as you, with needing to support clients who
run OS9. And I wouldn't criticise them for it because I understand their
position, indeed I use OS9 myself for tasks where I have no compelling
reason to upgrade existing software that works fine. Some time ago I
moved much of my own work to WinXP to escape the crippling economics of
Apple ownership. When it comes to the crunch I would probably advise my
clients to consider that too, and only convert to X if they can afford
to feed Apple on an annual basis.
Sounds like when the Classic engine actually arrives then I should
upgrade while the going's good. :-)
Martin Baxter
Mark Schonewille wrote:
Hello Martin,
All I know about it, is from the web site. It says that Revolution 2.7
for Mac OS 9 will be released soon. Also, the standalone builder tells
me that an engine for Mac OS 9, as well as Linux and Unix, will be
available during the 2.7.x cycle.
Although I completely understand that Mac OS 9 is frozen now, some of my
clients prefer to save as much money as possible on hardware and want me
to build standalones for their old machines. What I'm making for them
doesn't need a dual G5 or an Intel, they just need software that works.
Although I can make standalones by saving my work in legacy format and
building the Mac OS 9 standalone in Rev 2.6.1, it would save me time if
I could build all standalones at once. I hope that another two or three
releases will be made available for Mac OS 9, somehow, before RunRev Ltd
completely drops it.
Best,
Mark
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Op 9-mei-2006, om 9:00 heeft Martin Baxter het volgende geschreven:
Mark Wieder wrote:
Jeffrey-
Sunday, May 7, 2006, 9:13:18 PM, you wrote:
All my education applications will have to be delivered with OS9 apps
for the next few years, its a fact i just cant get around. even the
...and therein lies the rub. Not only are there *very* few developers
still cranking out OS9 apps, but there are no development tools
currently shipping to produce them. If you haven't already got an old
version of CodeWarrior or a rev 2.6.1 OS9 engine or something similar
you're just not going to be making OS9 apps. And there's very little
incentive to do so, given the increasingly smaller market.
...and I don't expect any OS9 rev engines any more, since they were
built with CodeWarrior.
So what exactly is the status of Revolution on OS9? Has there been an
announcement about it? The Runrev Site does not advertise
compatibility, however you can order RR Studio Classic from the Rev
online shop. If anybody knows, could they please tell.
Martin Baxter
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