Dan, I suspect that you're right about the 'popularity' factor (don't pass out... really... grab whatever heart meds are needed. Call 911 if necessary!)..
;-) But, how to get Rev to attain a similar 'popularity' quotient...??? Is it really a chicken or the egg thing? You say that it may not really be all that important of a factor, but, I suspect that it is. Judy On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Dan Shafer wrote: > My conclusion, for my purposes only, is that only "active" users should be > counted but that determining that number is all but impossible, so, at the > end of the day, "installed base" isn't a useful piece of information. > > Instead, I'll measure the popularity of a development tool based on such > issues as how many books, web sites, articles, and tutorials are available; > how large and active and helpful the user community is; how much free or > nearly free code can you obtain for it. > > By that measure, RB is vastly more popular than RunRev. It has four books > published, quite a few magazine articles and a healthy number of Web sites > devoted to teaching it and providing sample and reusable code (classes) for > it. > > Of course, popularity is just one factor to take into account when choosing > a development tool. And it may not be a very important one in most > situations. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
