[Semi-OT] Another "They shoulda used Rev/MC" story :)
andu
undo at cloud9.net
Fri Dec 13 23:53:01 EST 2002
--On Friday, December 13, 2002 17:49:03 -0800 Richard Gaskin
<ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote:
> Here's what Macintouch calls "an interesting excuse for cancelling Mac
> software development" from Cerious Software:
>
> It has been more difficult that you could ever know
> to port ThumbsPlus to the Macintosh. Unlike Windows,
> applications cause many problems on the Mac side.
> For example Quicktime installations totally crash
> ThumbsPlus so that the application doesn't even
> launch. Also, the cross compiler applications don't
> work any longer with new Mac versions. Any new
> software install has the ability to take Thumbs to
> its knees. Sorry we don't have better news.
> We expect to be taking down all Mac info from the
> pages in the next few weeks.
>
> <http://www.cerious.com/faq_pcq.shtml#PCQ_mac>
>
> If they were using Rev or MC they'd still be shipping on Mac, and their
> Windows effort would cost only a fraction to maintain and enhance.
>
> This got me thinking: Do any of you have a Rev- or MC-based image
> database program?
That's a trivial exercise, I did something like that with Valentina while I
was evaluating it, auto creation of thumbnails and so on.
The complain that "...the cross compiler applications don't work any longer
with new Mac versions", I think tells the whole story.
>
> I was tempted to throw one together and send it off to Ric Ford at
> Macintouch, but I have my hands full at the moment.
>
> --
> Richard Gaskin
> Fourth World Media Corporation
> Developer of WebMerge 2.1: Publish any database on any site
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Regards, Andu Novac
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