[REBOL] Re: Curl
From: dvydra2::yahoo::com at: 15-Mar-2001 23:54
Elan,
Do you have any specific suggestions?
How about a REBOL conference?
David
--- Elan <[rebol--techscribe--com]> wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> let's make REBOL succeed!
>
> Elan
>
> David Vydra wrote:
> >
> > Christian,
> >
> > Thanks for informing us about Curl. After spending
> an
> > hour looking at it, I am sure that:
> > 1. I like REBOL better in most cases
> > 2. I am worried about REBOL's future
> >
> > Why $52M? For the marketing department, of course.
> >
> > We have all seen many great technologies shelved
> due
> > to competitors better marketing.
> >
> > My personal complaints for REBOL are:
> > 1. R/View is not marketed as a GUI component for
> > large client/server systems, specifically servers
> > written in Java.
> >
> > 2. REBOL is not being ported to Java. Curl
> announced
> > their intention to do so.
> >
> > <reflecting>
> > Several years ago, I joined Forte Software, which
> had
> > "technically" the best solution for 3-tier
> > client/server systems. When Sun announced their
> Java
> > EJB spec, Forte stock plummeted from $40 to $3.
> > Ironically, Sun bought the company for $20/share a
> few
> > years later, but the original Forte TOOL language
> > seems to be dying off.
> >
> > Forte was very proprietory -- not a single book on
> the
> > TOOL language has been published, so REBOL is
> doing
> > better in that department.
> >
> > For all of the evils of Java, one has to admit
> that
> > there are many useful toolkits available, a few
> very
> > nice IDEs and Java does run on more platforms than
> > REBOL.
> > </reflecting>
> >
> > I hope 2 years from now I will program in REBOL,
> not
> > Curl.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > David
> >
> > --- Christian Langreiter <[c--langreiter--synerge--at]>
> > wrote:
> > > Curl seems to be quite similar in scope and
> > > direction to REBOL:
> > >
> > > http://www.cag.lcs.mit.edu/curl/wwwpaper.html
> > > http://www.curl.com
> > >
> > > They just got $52m in funding.
> > >
> > > Any opinions?
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Chris
> > >
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