Linux deployment . . .

[Bill Vlahos]

I think it is important to continue to support Linux for a few reasons.

First, it makes a great statement about the ability for Rev to be truly multi-platform. I remember a rep from Borland a long time ago claiming they were multi-platform because they supported a couple of flavors of Windows. They were serious.

Second, even though Linux folks don't actually buy software, I like the ability to say that my software runs on Windows, Macintosh, and Linux just for the marketing aspect. Particularly since it is so easy to build for it and test it.

Third, there are some situations where Linux would be the preferred distribution because these are embedded systems. I would like the Linux builds improved a little which is happening.

I don't use Linux as my development platform so I can't comment on the folks who are saying it leaves some to be desired. I generally write and build on Mac for Windows and Linux but text on all the systems. This has worked well for me.

I'm very interested in the iPhone version. WinMobile is dead and I don't really know how viable the Blackberry application market is. Android looks promising but it looks like it will be a difficult environment to build for. Different model phones with different feature sets and screen resolutions and even different versions of the firmware to deal with. The Blackberry market suffers the same problems with different models. With the iPad being so similar to the iPhone/iPod Touch it makes for a very predictable market to sell to. I can't wait.

Bill Vlahos
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On Jan 28, 2010, at 5:31 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote:

> Here we go again:
> 
> How many users of this list think that RunRev are wasting their time, effort and limited
> resources continuing development of a Linux version ?
> 
> How many people who favour continued Linux development think it might be sensible
> of RunRev to concentrate their efforts on one 'family' of Linux distros (e.g. Debian derivatives) ?
> 
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