METACARD ACQUIRED BY RUN REV!!!

[Richard MacLemale]

On 7/9/03 4:05 AM, Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com> wrote,

> Thank goodness it wasn't acquired by Micro$oft. ;)

Please... Don't even joke.  Their first order of business would be to drop
Mac and Linux support and insert bugs...

> From the FAQ on the press release page at
> <http://www.runrev.com/metacardpr.html>:
> 
>  What happens to existing MetaCard customers?
> 
>  Existing customers will get a free upgrade to Revolution with
>  their next subscription renewal.

Which is essentially a paid cross-grade.  It means that the next time I get
ready to fork over 300 bucks to MetaCard I give it to Rev instead and then I
get Rev.  Which means I'm paying 300 for Rev.  Which I can do anyway if I
simply buy a Small Business License.  So there's no real benefit, other than
the fact that, I assume, my pro MC license would cross grade into a pro Rev
license, which gives me access to some databases that I don't need.  Don't
get me wrong, for people who need to do MySQL stuff this is a decent deal.
For me it's not.

However, I teach students at a high school, though most of my day is network
admin, so I probably qualify as a teacher.  Rev's price for teachers is only
$99.  I had to read that twice to make sure I had the correct price.  I
guess I would be willing to spend 99 bucks to give Rev a shot and see if
it's for me.  If I ever wanted to put something out commercially I'd have to
grab the small business license.

I must admit that seeing some of the list's big names come out in favor or
Rev has me thinking that I ought to be more open to this idea.  I posted,
years ago, my opinions on MetaCard and where it should head, and I said it
needed a more sophisticated interface, better marketing, and a lower price.
I admit that Rev has all 3.

I also admit that this will lead to more programmers, which is always a good
thing.

Lots to think about...

-- 
:)
Richard MacLemale
Network Administrator
J. W. Mitchell High School