iPadding around?

[Sarah Reichelt]

>> Talking in purely commercial terms, I think this would be a much more
>> logical direction for RunRev than continuing to try to support Linux
>> with all it's multiple varieties and it's general ethos for open
>> source and mainly free software.
>
> Those of use who have been waiting for (and paying for) parity between
> Linux and OS X thank you for your support :-)
>
> It seems odd to me that on the day after the iPad is announced you
> would suggest that RunRev ditch further development of the Linux
> version, when RunRev have already announced RevMobile which would
> supports the iPhone, Windows Mobile, and Maemo.  It sounds like you
> are not confident that RunRev can manage to produce a cross-platform
> tool for more than two platforms.  Hey, the vast majority of people
> use windows (which has much greater backwards compatibility than
> Apple's OS), so why not just ditch OS X and concentrate on Windows?
> Then you'd perhaps get an idea of how frustrated those of use wanting
> feature parity in Linux feel.


I understand your frustration as there have been many complaints about
the Linux version on this list over the years.Based on the feedback, I
feel sure that if I was compelled to develop on a Linux system, I
would have chosen a different development system by now.

Similarly, if RunRev decided to drop or reduce support for the Mac, I
would change to a different development system.

They are a commercial company and I expect them to do what is best for
their own interests. It seems that they are not able to maintain
parity in the Linux version, so without meaning any lack of support
for you personally, or for any other users of the Linux version, I
think RunRev needs to make more of an effort to keep the Linux version
in line with the others, or it should be dropped completely.

However this is purely my opinion. I have nothing to do with RunRev
and I have no idea of the breakdown of their user base.

Regards,
Sarah