Marielle Lange wrote:
The forum frontend (http://forums.runrev.com/) is available for any
passerby to see, and it is a very quiet place... Hence the 'sadest
Forum I've seen' comment.
Many have used these forums to make the same comments :-).
Now now, that would rally put newbies off!
I'm evaluating several development options, some of which track
differently because the nature of some projects doesn't require full
blown coding which is easily covered by other apps. Other projects do
have that requirement, and I'm looking at least cost (both in software
and development time) and then plough through with whatever options I
have chosen.
Then your "fishing" for information/causing reaction behaviour makes
sense. The different areas you poked are indeed important ones to
consider when evaluating a technology to use in future projects (to
depend on for possibly years to come).
It may seem deliberate, but the appearance of 'provocation' is a
by-broduct of the questioning.
As you are probably well aware of, the tricky question to answer with
revolution is to guess where the product would be in 3-5 years time.
Sure it is relatively easy to learn and rapid to program... but it also
tend to isolate you, getting you loose your flexibility. Reduced costs
now and possibly huge cost if you need to change your approach later on.
Similarly, without a good components approach, you could get stuff out
rapidly... but the cost of getting something out will remain about the
same over the years. With a components approach, you pay a higher cost
early on... but the cost progressively decreases.
Dev environments can take a sharp turn just round the corner, new
technologies may render current stuff useless a few months down the
line. That's where the concern comes from, making sure I'm doing the
best I can to make sure I can still produce.
There will come a point, if that environment has not evolved into what
I reckon it should (call this bug fixes, features, take your pick) I
will drop it. This is my personal opinion, no better or worse than
anyone else's.
Six months ago, I expressed my concerns...
The old direction (heads, top guys) replied to these concerns in a way
that got me to think that revolution will stay for the next 5 years at
about at the same place it has been for the last 10 years (including the
various precursors) and despite having had a huge head start being taken
over by other technologies.
!!!!
The new direction avoided promises and asked me to wait. Not used
revolution for 6 months.... Learned other technologies, other
frameworks. I am now in the process of evaluating it again.
That's where I'm at too, although I had not been a list member before.
Nothing wrong with the questions you try to answer.... The problem is
that I cannot answer your questions today... I have some elements but
that I sworn to keep private. There are other answers I simply don't
have. That's the same for most persons on this list.
If you have some serious business project in mind and a few features are
essential to your projects, why not contact revolution's management
directly and ask them whether there is any chance to have these features
implemented within 1-5 years?
The words 'blood' and 'stone' come to mind... And following on from your
comments above I doubt it would be productive.
Cheers,
Luis.
Marielle
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