[REBOL] Re: Rebol and New Hybrid Software Model
From: carl:cybercraft at: 16-Sep-2007 22:50
On Sunday, 16-September-2007 at 10:03:27 Petr Krenzelok wrote,
>> But it's the 21st century. Talking's out - comparing's in. I don't want to
>have to ask an ISP if they support REBOL. What I want is to Google for the
>ISPs that are offering the tech I want and then researching their prices and
>what others say about them. With ISPs though, you get next to no hits if
>REBOL's part of the tech you're wanting. And it'll stay that way until it's
>fully open-source. As it is, REBOL can't claim to being a net-friendly
>language.
Hmm. I was thinking web-hosts, not ISPs when I wrote the above. But anyway...
>It can. You just limit REBOL to server only usage. Why? Is it the only
>area of possible usage? Give me AltME written in PHP. Give me IOS
>written in PHP. Give me ViewTop written in PHP. You are limiting REBOL
>experience just to one case - webserver development ....
No - but it works VERY well for web-server development. So why aren't more web-hosts
offering it?
(People use ViewTop?)
>I think that if ppl want, they find solution, if they just wish, they
>find excuses :-)
Believe me, I hate complaining about REBOL's marketing...
-- Carl Read.