From: John Joyce Date: 2007-07-22T13:05:16+09:00 Subject: Re: Ruby Editor On Jul 21, 2007, at 7:29 PM, Robert Dober wrote: > On 7/21/07, John Joyce wrote: >> >> On Jul 21, 2007, at 11:29 AM, Robert Dober wrote: >> >> > On 7/21/07, Chad Perrin wrote: >> >> On Sat, Jul 21, 2007 at 01:27:20PM +0900, John Joyce wrote: >> >> > On Jul 20, 2007, at 10:44 PM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: >> >> > > >> >> > >TextMate has a much bigger weakness ... it only runs on a >> Mac. :( >> >> > > >> >> > That's hardly a weakness. The developer doesn't want to be >> bothered >> >> > with developing for other systems. If you've used Xcode and >> >> Inteface >> >> > Builder (or NeXTStep before) can you blame him? >> >> >> >> It's a big enough weakness that I won't use it for that very >> >> reason. The >> >> way I see it, any requirement to use an OS that I don't much like >> >> is a >> >> weakness of the application in question. >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > But there is a TextMate Bundle compatible Windows app in the >> works >> >> > from another developer who is getting much support from the >> >> TextMate >> >> > maker! >> >> > Much like the long wait for the OS X Ruby one-click-installer >> >> (tried >> >> > it today, works like a charm), >> >> > the Windows crowd will soon have it's own equivalent... (minus >> >> the OS) >> >> >> >> Whee . . . even worse than having to use a Mac. >> >> >> >> This is just one man's opinion, of course. >> > + 42! (yes ! means what you think it does ;) >> > >> > IOW there is no doubt TextMate is a great piece of SW, it is not >> Open >> > Source, for some of us this is a big burden. >> > And for those who think it is not, just imagine there will be no >> > TextMate around anymore in some future time... >> > >> > Robert >> > >> > -- >> > I always knew that one day Smalltalk would replace Java. >> > I just didn't know it would be called Ruby >> > -- Kent Beck >> > >> Open source is nice sometimes, but it isn't the most important thing >> to everyone. >> There's no need to ignore software because it's closed source. > It is the only means to assure persistence, if X who has the copyright > of TextMate decides that there will be no more TextMate, than there > will be no more TextMate. > Hopefully that will never happen but it is a legal fact. > That is the only point I wanted to make. > > Robert > > -- Big Deal! If X who has ownership of the software decides to axe it, then X axes it! That's life. Not a problem. Use what you like and can use. If it becomes unavailable or outdated, then so be it. What software doesn't eventually either get updated or outdated? Neither is a reason not to use something.