[REBOL] Who Writes The Big Rebol Apps ?
From: lance::edusei::s1::com at: 24-Aug-2000 10:59
[ryanc--iesco-dms--com] wrote:
>> Now all we need is office and desktop app's in REBOL. Anybody
>>working on this sort
>> of thing?
Nice idea Ryan and I would have to agree. However with a hundred
and one different people all coding their own you get the following
problems:
1) Lack of standardisation. You need freedom of expression but
against a standardised backbone.
2) Duplication - which is a major waste of time and effort.
3) Unnecessary competition instead of co-operation as a result
of 2), leading to unnecessary division and we are too small
to be divided.
The Amiga scene was beset by these problems. Good ideas woud crop
up in one app, different good ideas in another and you always
wished you had a standard set of apps that just incorporated all
these disparate good ideas.
Also, if you are an Amiga user you will be familiar with the Amiga
'suite' of browsers, all from different people, all implementing
different subsets of what should be a complete browser. Either
that, or they are busy re-implementing each others features.
I hope 'Carl and the Gang' will be able to *co-ordinate* the
standard Rebol apps to avoid these issues.
Lance.
