newbie q about revolution

[John R. Sowden]

Revolution seems to be my solution for writing business apps.  I am a business 
person, not a professional programmer, but I create all of my internal apps, 
currently in Foxpro/DOS.  A couple of questions:

The description says the program creates "stand alone" executables.  To me 
this means no "run time", no "token compiling", but it may mean external 
libraries.  Is this true?

How big is "Hello World", meaning how much baggage (code bloat) is included in 
the executable?

Does revolution lend itself to creating  simple applications quickly?  
Example, I can create a simple name/address database application in 
Foxpro/DOS with menu, add, edit, search, select index, etc. in about 1 hour 
including creating the database structure.

Is a database application, without multimedia features a good use of this 
product?

Are there any hidden problems that are not discussed in the web/faq, etc., 
like "copy protection" methods that require dongles, keeping the licensed 
program on the computer/lan that the compiled application is running on, etc.

My operating system of choice is linux (currently Suse 9.3), not a windows os.
Is this a good match, or is this a windows product that usually runs on Linux, 
with little support?

The old adage, "if it looks to good to be true, it probably is" keeps ringing 
in my mind, but revolution could also be a minimally marketed diamond in the 
rough!

Thanks in advance,

-- 
John R. Sowden
AMERICAN SENTRY SYSTEMS, INC.
Residential & Commercial Alarm Service
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Serving the San Francisco Bay Area Since 1967
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