[ALLY] Re: [REBOL] About View
From: petr:krenzelok:trz:cz at: 29-Mar-2001 9:14
Carl,
thanks for the clarification!
Carl Sassenrath wrote:
> Hi Phil:
>
> With regard to the website, it's not there because we just recently made the
> decision. The site will be updated soon to reflect the new product.
>
> The primary reason for not releasing Link/World or Link/Pro has to do with
> server loading. REBOL/Serve was designed to handle hundreds of users, not
> hundreds of thousands of users. It was created to be used by small to medium
> sized organizations and companies.
>
> In addition, we do not have the staff to deal with the volume of
> administrative issues that would come up (e.g. "I forgot my password," etc.)
>
... right, that's something I forgot about could happen ....
> Note that Link/World and Link/Pro would only connect to REBOL Technologies'
> servers. To use Link for your own organization, you would need to buy
> Express.
>
What is the answer for those willing to buy Express for their organisation but
e.g. to fill conference messages into local .dbf database files, and it requires
shell and/or library access? Do you think Link/Pro client for Express users
would be of no value? What do you think about it?
> View can provide many of the same benefits of developer support by using a
> network of Reb sites. This also makes it easier for developers to add their
> own content and scripts to the network. The View desktop will be available
> in the View 1.1 product release.
Aha - View desktop? So no chance of removing the unneaded code at will? Could
View desktop be put simply into separate script file? It would even allow to
develop/repair bugs it while not requiring ppl to re-download the whole View
product.
Now I don't understand what is the difference in Link/World and View desktop in
its purpose?
> View 1.0 simply includes the View and VID functions. View/Pro 1.0 adds to it
> the shell, library, and encryption modules. It does not include database
> access modules, which will continue to be provided only in REBOL/Command.
>
OK, but View kernel and VID will be the same thru all your GUI enabled products,
right? btw: View/Command not planned?
Thanks,
-pekr-
