Timeline for version 4 on OSX?

garretthylltun · Post by **garretthylltun** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 8:05 pm

Eeee... I know that you keep on your toes, but I just would like to know
what the timeline would be for releasing a PB 4 on OSX.

Thanks,
-Garrett

Post by **Fred** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:16 pm

It should be just after the linux release, so it will needs some more time (probably between 3 and 6 months).

garretthylltun · Post by **garretthylltun** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:00 am

Ok.

I'll probably stray off until then, but I'll be back when it's released. Current
version just does not have everything I need to do what I want.

Thanks,
-Garrett

kyleh · Post by **kyleh** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:45 pm

I'm looking forward to this too. I really hope OSX PB 4 will support Intel. One of the reasons I finally decided to buy PB was OSX support.

USCode · Post by **USCode** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:03 am

kyleh wrote:I'm looking forward to this too. I really hope OSX PB 4 will support Intel. One of the reasons I finally decided to buy PB was OSX support.

Same here. I think a high-quality and feature-complete implementation of PB4 for OSX could really be a ground-breaking product for Fred and the PB team. Mac people are used to paying for software, unlike the Linux folks, and I think there are some dissatisified REALBasic folks out there ripe for pickings...

SEO · Post by **SEO** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:01 am

PB 4 Mac
Could we hope for Cocoa

It would be nice.....

garretthylltun · Post by **garretthylltun** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:07 pm

Being a bit new to the Mac scene, I have noticed that Mac users are
used to paying out the nose for anything. And that even paying a high
price for some product doesn't mean it's a quality product.

Around the same time that I bought PB here, I also put close to $600 into
another programming language. Only to find that it has a lot of unresolved
bugs from it's inception, and it's on version 2.6 when I bought it. And to
find out that update and upgrade mean the same thing to them, and if I
wanted the updates/upgrades that I'd have to pay something like $150
USD a year subscription to be eligible for the updates/upgrades.

And the documentation of it was also seriously lacking. I've seen better
documentation with freeware and open source projects.

While this other language is very robust with commands, functions and
features, the price, update/upgrade policy and issues with some bugs, it's
not worth it for the price to me. Great language, but not worth so much
money. I expressed my feelings and views of it on their mailing list, and
everyone there seriously thought I was nuts, and that there was nothing
wrong with the scenario at all! Mac users are so used to this scenario
that it's normal to them.

Almost all of the programming languages I looked into for the Mac
sufferred from this same problem of being over priced and lacking the
quality to match the price. Exception to that is another little basic that
is really in it's infant stages and is free.

I think if PB 4 for OSX is solid that it could gather a large Mac following.
But! They may think something is wrong due to the low price and lack
of subscription fees for updates/upgrades. You might consider at least
charging for upgrades after PB 4 for OSX.

-Garrett

Num3 · Post by **Num3** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:40 pm

Ehehehe

That's easy to solve!

Fred can implement this on the buy page:

Code: Select all

Are you a Mac User?
If you answered yes, please multiply PB tag price by 10 :D

garretthylltun · Post by **garretthylltun** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 3:59 am

ROFLMAO! And that's about it too!

-Garrett

nco2k · Post by **nco2k** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:36 pm

i have to agree with USCode, mac is the place where the money flows. i would give the pb mac version a higher priority than the linux version.

c ya,
nco2k

Post by **Dare2** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:47 pm

Me too. Filthy money-grubbing materialist that I am.