At 12:40 PM +0200 5/7/01, jonathan wrote:
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>perhaps, remember that a lot of stuff for RB is third-party plug-ins that
>must be acquired separately***. whereas staz wishes to bundle as much as
>possible with FB.

We do bundle as much stuff as possible into REALbasic, and it's only 
the "edgier" stuff that people make plug-ins for. To me, one of the 
greatest things about REALbasic is the large number of plug-ins (both 
free and commercial) available for it. The things one can do only 
with a plug-in are much fewer than the reverse (i.e., many of the 
functions added by plug-ins are extensions, not wholesale additions 
to, native REALbasic capabilities).

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>*** this is not an invitation for geoff to post a reply.

I will, then.

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