I think it makes sense to try to find a niche for Rev in which it would excel so well it would compel users of Java and those considering Ruby to take a closer look at it. I don't think Internet apps are the place to do that. As long as Rev is single-threaded, it doesn't hold much promise on the server side of the Internet equation for scalable application deployment, which is why I've started using Python/Plone as my Web app framework. Andre Garzia and I worked hard (me on design and cheerleading, him on coding and testing) to try to create Rev on Rockets as a Web framework but the single threading is an absolute deal killer.
Database-driven and database-backed Web apps are the most popular kinds of software being built today according to Bruce and lots of other folks. Certainly those are the kinds of apps I want to build for the foreseeable future. But as I survey the development of desktop apps, I don't see a single niche category where Rev could take a dominant role and get developers to sit up and take notice. I do, however, think that's necessary for Rev to have a chance of much more widespread adoption among existing developers. On 9/2/06, jbv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
May be am I making a complete mistake, and may be there isn't any way to bridge the gap between Firefox as an open-source project and Rev as a commercial product... but somehow I keep feeling that integration of a Transcript kernel into a browser is an option to consider... JB _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
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