> Yes, there is an improved version -- it's called Cocoa! It is an
> extremely rich framework that allows you to focus on your features
> within your niche.
I'm sure Cocoa is very cool, and if we were starting development on
a new product now, we'd use it.
Likewise, I'm aware that many people like XCode the way it is, and
that's fine. I don't want to take XCode away from anyone!
The problem is, we have shipping software with code developed in CW and
PowerPlant, and we also have limited resources-- time spent switching
frameworks or switching compilers means less time writing accounting
features, and keeping users happy.
80% of our sales are on Windows, and all our competitors are in a
platform that hasn't forced any major code changes in 9 years (and
won't with Vista, either). Meanwhile, in that same time period, we've
faced five big changes-- Think C to CW, 68K to PPC, 9 to X, CW to XCode
and PPC to Intel.
I must say that Apple and MW did a great job of easing the moves to PPC
and OSX. We only spent a week or two for the PPC version, and a couple
months to get to OSX. The Intel swap will also be relatively painless,
since we're already byte-swapping for our Windows version.
What we need is an easier transition from CW to XCode, too. If that
change is indeed necessary. We simply can't spend .5 to 1
programmer-year on something that just gets us back to where to we
started.
Dennis Kolva
Turtle Creek Software
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