[Semi-OT] Another "They shoulda used Rev/MC" story :)

[Richard Gaskin]

andu wrote:

> --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.

Doesn't seem to stop Scott Raney. :)

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