Rev 2.02/New pricing

[Sarah]

> I don't think that they can honestly say that the studio product 
> allows you to create applications for all supported platforms, since 
> it's impossible to TEST the applications without using another one of 
> the products.
I work 99.9999% of my time with Mac OS X. I have built a couple of apps 
for Windows and each time have only had two problems: display 
differences which can be seen by running the app, and script errors 
caused by my using Mac-only characters like not-equals instead of <>. 
So for me, it seems much less wasteful to pay only for one platform and 
I would imagine that most people concentrate on one platform for 
development.

>  Also, isn't it impossible to build a Mac standalone under Windows or 
> Linux? That means that if you want to deliver for the Mac you will 
> need to buy at least a copy of Express to do so (for more than thirty 
> days), unless they are planning to create a new "Macintosh Standalone 
> Builder" that is runs on the Mac and does nothing but build 
> Standalones from existing stacks that were developed elsewhere.
It is impossible to build for Mac OS 9 or less from non-Mac platforms 
since the files require resource forks which are not handled by non-Mac 
file systems. As of Rev 2.0, it is possible to build for Mac OS X from 
any platform.
>
> Overall, I think that the new pricing structure and restrictions are 
> fair (the prices through August are MORE than fine - Studio, here I 
> come!). I do think that that they need to make it very clear that 
> there are actually many issues involved in delivering applications on 
> other supported platforms when you are only allowed to develop and 
> test on one.
Actually, I though Geoff's plan of buying a Studio version for normal 
use, plus an Express version for cross-platform debugging, sounded like 
the way to go it you do a lot of cross-platform stuff. Remember that 
after you debug, you can re-compile using your Studio version, so you 
don't get the Made with Rev at the end.

For my purposes, I have always wanted MySQL access which meant I had to 
buy big bucks for the Pro edition. For me, the Studio edition is going 
to be perfect and save me heaps. Any technical support I needed, I have 
found on this list and although I got the printed manuals, they rapidly 
became out of date, so I stick to the built-in docs. (For casual 
reading, I'd love a version that could go on to my Palm. If anyone has 
any great ideas how to do that, let me know.)

Cheers,
Sarah
sarahr at genesearch.com.au
http://www.troz.net/Rev/