Call for open-source project? Solution: Launch Programs from REBOL/View

Jano, I am probably one who will pay for /Command, but you are right in one thing - the way it is (and other languages offer this as standard feature for free), we seem to end with numerous platform incompatible workarounds, small utils (gates listening on one side to rebol, executin/calling the stuff on another side), so the result will be much more bloat, chaos, whatever ... I was thinking about it for some time, if really RT don't want to move /Shell or /Library into /Core for free, what about open source project? We could probably implement multiplatform /Shell or even /Library ourselves. I know it would require us still to run separate util, but the aproach would be standard for all platform rebollers. I've never implemented C low level stuff, but hey - in Delphi league language calling external app is the case for just one line of code ('run in Visual Objects for e.g.). Doesn't realy seem worth some 250 USD. That's also reason why I suggested per component pricing. Maybe payint some 30USD for /Core + /Shell component would make most of us happy, if we don't need to pay for /Library or /ODBC at the same time .... But I don't think something is gonna change soon, so if some clever C coder would like to start such project, we could implement external util simulating /Shell or even /Library behavior ... PS: I think it should not be considered as a step against RT, I just think opposite - current state of things mean most of us will not probably buy the functionality for some > 250 USD. And it means current state of things is limiting REBOL usage and acceptance in computing world ... ... just a thought ... Cheers, -pekr-

shells (ie. bash)? Sounds

Ah, no - just look at probe system/components - you will see that even /View is component to Core. So I like to refer to various components as to /Library and /Shell, /ODBC etc. :-) -pekr-