Rev Review

[Roger.E.Eller at sealedair.com]

On 02/04/2004 at 01:16 PM Alex Rice <alex at mindlube.com> wrote:

>>  So, RR might consider dropping support for some or all of the
>> UNIX/Linux variants if they're finding that supporting all these
>> platforms is causing problems getting the next version for their
>> primary platforms (Mac and Windows) out the door.
> 
> It's a tough issue. There are some Linux users on the list. But instead
> of Runrev trimming the list of official available platforms, what's
> happening in practice is they are poorly supported: one poster to this
> list every month or so begs for a SGI IRIX Rev engine which he has been
> trying to locate for a long time. Don't know if it's the same for the
> other UNIX platforms.
> 
> Not sure, but I think metacard used to be developed on Linux. So
> building the engine for UNIX should not be a major hurdle. The number
> of platforms available is one of Runrev's most unique features! So I
> hope they never trim the list of platforms supported.
> 
> --
> Alex Rice | Mindlube Software | http://mindlube.com

I am one of those who BEGS for the SGI IRIX version. We also use Yellowdog
Linux on the Mac platform because of it's stability, but cannot deploy our
Rev apps on these machines because the engines haven't been provided since
version 1.1.1. I feel that RunRev have all but abandoned the Unix 
community
that gave birth to the great MetaCard engine. Instead of focusing on OS X
specific metallic and pulsing doodads, they should be providing the 
supported
12 platforms that their marketing team used to convince me to buy 
Revolution
in the first place. I have to say that I am disappointed.

Roger Eller <roger.e.eller at sealedair.com>