OSnews on rebol ..

[1/5] from: petr:krenzelok:trz:cz at: 22-Oct-2001 20:56

Hi, just after the article about Sheep, I suggested Eugenia to interview Carl, and here it goes :-) http://www.osnews.com/ -pekr-

[2/5] from: ryanc:iesco-dms at: 22-Oct-2001 13:13

Hmmm... AOL just happens to have an estimated 30 million users. --Ryan Petr Krenzelok wrote:

> Hi, > just after the article about Sheep, I suggested Eugenia to interview Carl,

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[3/5] from: carl:rebol at: 22-Oct-2001 13:54

Thanks Pekr, that was a good idea. I hope everyone posts some supportive comments. -Carl At 10/22/01 08:56 PM +0200, you wrote:

[4/5] from: robert:muench:robertmuench at: 23-Oct-2001 11:12

> -----Original Message----- > From: [rebol-bounce--rebol--com] [mailto:[rebol-bounce--rebol--com]]On Behalf Of

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> Subject: [REBOL] Re: OSnews on rebol .. > Hmmm... AOL just happens to have an estimated 30 million users.

And they don't want to use IE anymore... and Mozilla is scrap. AOL's services are not well suited for a pure request-response model... AOL 8.0? 9.0? Well, it would be the killer application to enter mass market! I hope RT won't forget about us if they are playing with these big guys... Robert

[5/5] from: petr:krenzelok:trz:cz at: 23-Oct-2001 11:53

Robert M. Muench wrote:

> > -----Original Message----- > > From: [rebol-bounce--rebol--com] [mailto:[rebol-bounce--rebol--com]]On Behalf Of

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> > Hmmm... AOL just happens to have an estimated 30 million users. > And they don't want to use IE anymore... and Mozilla is scrap.

I don't want to start any flame-wars here, but I can't agree here. I am occassionally using Mozilla 0.9.5 here, and it is fine. A little bit slow on my Celeron 300, but don't forget that Mozilla is not just browser - it's architecture. And - you users still need browser, so why do you compare it here? AOL will use Mozilla/Netscape 6 anyway, or they will go with Opera or Espial, if they refuse IE.

> AOL's services > are not well suited for a pure request-response model... AOL 8.0? 9.0? Well, it > would be the killer application to enter mass market!

Killler app would be integration with browser imo - proper plug-in, access to document object, etc. I can imagine proper Rebol plug-in would easily kill java script based forms. My friend told me there is some kind of Autodesk's plugin, with very nice API, and they use it for maps on various occassions ...

> I hope RT won't forget about us if they are playing with these big guys...

Uhm, I hope too. But I also think it could become an advantage :-) I remember RT's priority some time ago - "we will not add feature x, unless it is wanted by our customers". Now we have to become regular AOL users, and send our request to AOL, instead of to feedback :-) Well, but who know who the mysterious partner is, after all :-) -pekr-

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