Comments on: REAL Studio: About the Name Change http://www.rbdevzone.com/2010/02/real-studio-about-the-name-change/ The REALbasic Resource Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:15:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Paul Lefebvre http://www.rbdevzone.com/2010/02/real-studio-about-the-name-change/comment-page-1/#comment-585 Paul Lefebvre Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:45:50 +0000 http://www.rbdevzone.com/?p=372#comment-585 @Thomas: I fixed the chart error and other typos. A bundle with Macs, PCs and Linux likely won't happen but it would be cool. I thought Ubuntu does bundle some closed-source software (like Flash), but I could be wrong about that. I don't use it much. Macs used to come with free games and utilities, but I don't know if they still do. I got Comic Life, GraphicConverter and Nanosaur included with an iMac purchased a while ago. RS does still offer the Linux version for free if you're doing open-source development, but I also wonder why that changed. @Thomas: I fixed the chart error and other typos.

A bundle with Macs, PCs and Linux likely won’t happen but it would be cool. I thought Ubuntu does bundle some closed-source software (like Flash), but I could be wrong about that. I don’t use it much.

Macs used to come with free games and utilities, but I don’t know if they still do. I got Comic Life, GraphicConverter and Nanosaur included with an iMac purchased a while ago.

RS does still offer the Linux version for free if you’re doing open-source development, but I also wonder why that changed.

]]> By: Thomas Tempelmann http://www.rbdevzone.com/2010/02/real-studio-about-the-name-change/comment-page-1/#comment-584 Thomas Tempelmann Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:22:40 +0000 http://www.rbdevzone.com/?p=372#comment-584 I agree that RS should make more of an effort to convince people that RB is a viable dev system, e.g. by offering a free version that can only run in the IDE/debugger. The thought of having it bundled with Macs, PCs and Linux is utopical, though - this won't ever happen. Linux distros won't bundle anything closed-source, and Apple won't bundle it either, just as they do not bundle many other "nice to have" apps. And RB is only a niche marked compared to the "iLife" type apps Apple likes to bundle, anyway. But I hope RS (Geoff) reads your article and that you give me some encouragement to dare releasing a free version. I would also like to know why RS is not offering a free Linux version any more. Did they find that no one wants it, anyway, or did they find that it damages their business? I agree that RS should make more of an effort to convince people that RB is a viable dev system, e.g. by offering a free version that can only run in the IDE/debugger.

The thought of having it bundled with Macs, PCs and Linux is utopical, though – this won’t ever happen. Linux distros won’t bundle anything closed-source, and Apple won’t bundle it either, just as they do not bundle many other “nice to have” apps. And RB is only a niche marked compared to the “iLife” type apps Apple likes to bundle, anyway.

But I hope RS (Geoff) reads your article and that you give me some encouragement to dare releasing a free version.

I would also like to know why RS is not offering a free Linux version any more. Did they find that no one wants it, anyway, or did they find that it damages their business?

]]> By: Thomas Tempelmann http://www.rbdevzone.com/2010/02/real-studio-about-the-name-change/comment-page-1/#comment-583 Thomas Tempelmann Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:14:09 +0000 http://www.rbdevzone.com/?p=372#comment-583 Is that correct that the Pro version is now called Personal? Is that correct that the Pro version is now called Personal?

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