I purchased Protean and loved it back when I was working in Blitz Plus / 3D.
Now I am dying to download the beta for BlitzMax Win32.
To me it is painfully obvious that Mark should license Protean from Rob. I think the IDE is extremely important regarding making a favorable first impression on the new user. Protean is professional and powerful. Sure it has some frills that I don't need but that's not a bad problem and I'm sure Rob could strip it down a bit for Max.
I know what you are going to say (its not cross platform!) I still think its worth considering as I'm sure the Win32 market will be the largest.
BTW, I just purchased Max a few days ago and I am really enjoying the beta. Man, I can't wait for a debugger though :)
Now I am dying to download the beta for BlitzMax Win32.
To me it is painfully obvious that Mark should license Protean from Rob. I think the IDE is extremely important regarding making a favorable first impression on the new user. Protean is professional and powerful. Sure it has some frills that I don't need but that's not a bad problem and I'm sure Rob could strip it down a bit for Max.
I know what you are going to say (its not cross platform!) I still think its worth considering as I'm sure the Win32 market will be the largest.
BTW, I just purchased Max a few days ago and I am really enjoying the beta. Man, I can't wait for a debugger though :)