Geoff needs to just take a hint and stop being such an asshole. Or is it true, REAL Software is trying to be a spitting image of Microsoft. They sure act like it. They are off to be a good start. On Dec 3, 2004, at 6:17 AM, Chris Stasny wrote: > i'm not going to throw rocks at geoff. tho i must say that i do not > lurk on rb's list and i wonder why he is a covert listener here. i > sometimes send customers over to geoff when they call because i know > that fb is not a good fit and rb will be better for them. our concepts > and customers are very different. > > fb has pioneered most basic editor and compiler concepts just has > apple has pioneered most computer ideas. [perhaps that is why a > reviewer called us the model of the genre.] perhaps that is why geoff > keeps one eye peeled on the fb list. > i see constant misrepresentations from rb & company and i do nothing > to dissuade. those guys are welcome to their thoughts. but as much as > our little company gets flamed, i can't help but wonder why every > version of rb looks more like fb than the last. and every move made by > real is another step in the direction of staz. [they now offer annual > subscriptions.] in fact the rb editor is now a [poor] copy of the fb > editor. it doesn't have block remarks, auto styling, case change, > adjustable remark tabs or anything. but i am sure that just because i > brought these to your attention, geoff, we'll see them in real basic > release 5.6. > > but the main point is that i am writing this on my list. the fb list. > not the rb list. understand the difference, geoff? > > -staz > > On Dec 2, 2004, at 9:18 PM, Geoff Perlman wrote: > >> Rewriting an application is not as big a project as many people >> think. They imagine the process of writing the application the first >> time but that's not a good comparison. Rewriting an application is >> much easier because you already know what the logic of the >> application is, how the UI should work, etc. >> >> As for bugs, anytime you use a library that is not your own, you give >> up some control but gain the functionality of that library without >> having to take the time to write it yourself. Rather than make >> assumptions about REALbasic, sign on the the REALbasic mailing list >> and ask REALbasic users how often that is a problem for them. >> >> On Dec 2, 2004, at 2:33 PM, Matthew Beedle wrote: >> Geoff Perlman >> President and CEO >> REAL Software, Inc. >> >> REAL World 2005 - The REALbasic User Conference >> March 23rd - 25th, 2005, Austin, Texas >> <http://www.realsoftware.com/realworld> >> >> -- >> >> > > -staz -}- > > -- > > -- ///\\\///\\\ATT http://www.foxchange.com/~matt