Open Discussion (Euphoria)
Hello All,
I would like to have an open discussion regarding Euphoria and moving the=
language forward. I would like to get your thoughts and opinions on the
following: A few years ago I approached Robert with a proposal to try and=
bring Euphoria to the mainstream market, unfortunately he declined. Recentl=
y
my product Cloak was acquired by a larger company, and by the first quarter=
of 2006 we will no longer be the owners of Cloak. Although my company will=
no longer be the owner of the rights, we will still be involved with the=
project. Because of the acquisition I decided it would be the best time to=
also change the name of the company and produce other products. Now that my=
company is changing focus I thought it would be great to approach Robert=
once again with another proposal to attempt to bring Euphoria to the
forefront.
As I explained to Robert I am not interested in supporting multiple
platforms, and because of that I suggested my company would create a hybrid=
Euphoria. This way people who are pleased with Euphoria as is could use the=
RDS version, and people who are into hardcore Windows programming would use=
the hybrid version. I am not suggesting by letting my company create a
hybrid version of Euphoria it will become popular overnight. What I am
suggesting is by allowing my company to take the language in another
direction; it will expand the amount of people currently using Euphoria. My=
company is no where near as large as the other major software companies, bu=
t
we do have access to resources that are not currently available to RDS.
What I plan to do with the hybrid version is release a complete Windows
development environment. Complete with an IDE, compiler, Windows style
debugger, and a complete standardized Win32Lib. No more Console/DOS boxes,=
all error messages would be Windows based. In addition to redesigning the=
hybrid version to be Windows only, we would concentrate on supporting user=
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projects by funding some of the larger libraries. In my opinion the success=
of moving Euphoria forward will be based on the users, and not the amount o=
f
features it contains.
Regrettably once again Robert has said no. He feels by allowing my company=
to create a hybrid version of Euphoria, it will split the community apart,=
and eventually it will compete with the RDS version, although Robert will=
still receive a royalty from our product.
What is your opinion on this? Would you be against another company
developing a separate version of Euphoria?
---Chris
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