mission critical apps; was Re: cross platform ide

[Rob Cozens]

>I sense you feel threatened by this thread because SDB and libIPC 
>are geared towards a more business like, maybe mission-critical 
>applications?

Sorry if it comes off looking that way, Alex.  As IS manager for 
several corporate & governmental organizations, I did my home work 
and provided senior management with persuasive arguments for my 
choice of programming platforms.  I am totally comfortable with my 
selection of Revolution as my platform of choice for the kinds of 
software I produce, and am willing to discuss comparisons 
point-by-point to the extent that my knowledge allows.

Frankly, there's a part of me that feels, the fewer developers that 
appreciate Revolution, the fewer serious competitors I'll have.  For 
a decade & a half I made a living supporting FlexWare accounting 
installations.  Ever hear of FlexWare?  Neither had most of the folks 
who bought it until they were shown what it could do for them. 
Virtually none of them understood the internals of FlexWare or cared 
(none ever asked) if the FlexWare db was relational or SQL 
compatible.  (FYI we're dealing here with mom & pop businesses to 
corporations with revenues < $ 1 billion to governmental agencies 
like Port of Vancouver USA & the Canadian Public Health Association.)

But I am saying:

1.  If you have reliability concerns, check with the MetaCard community

2.  If you cannot become comfortable with message passing, you will 
always be uncomfortable with any flavor of X-Talk.
-- 

Rob Cozens
CCW, Serendipity Software Company
http://www.oenolog.net/who.htm

"And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three;
Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee."

from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631)