[REBOL] Re: R: Re: Opening a new blog about Rebol?
From: tim-johnsons:web at: 19-Nov-2007 15:56
On Monday 19 November 2007, Giuseppe Chillemi wrote:
> > I think the reason that more people haven't used Rebol is
> > because of the features/options in it. Granted, some people
> > have the mindset about "opensource" but those are not the majority.
>
> Nice point of view. Open source is not essential to REBOL, it would if the
> RESOURCES to develop the REBOL.DLL (and it's flavour in many enviromnents)
> would be scarce. Resources for the whole project are but for rebol.dll are
> not (I hope).
I have not been following this thread very closely, but much of the content
seems to be about REBOL3. I assume that there will also be a rebol.so
(for linux systems)
Am I correct?
> > With its small footprint, Rebol fits nicely on the Palm
> > Pilots, IPhones, etc. If we could write apps for those that
> > would connect to servers/dbases/applications..................
>
> It is the solution to this lack of interest.
It is highly likely that *nix type of operating systems will
make greater inroads in the small appliance market (like phones).
Tim
