Yes, I agree that timespan between releases are pretty short and I know that
Adsk will try anything to keep up this high releaserate. [as Greg indicates,
there's an extremely high probability that the next release will again
coincide with the next AU]
About third party development... I don't think I can agree... in my office
there's a development department with which I work closely when I'm not
teaching, sometimes I do some programming even [though it's not really my
job]. I can say that building and developing a software will hardly ever
change só much that third party apps will miss the boat on a new release.
One of the few reasons could be a fileformat-change but even this is usually
quite 'easily' fixed.
As an example, Photoshop plugins.. you can still run plugins which were
originally conceived for version 2.. on AutoCAD the lisps from r12 would
still run for 99,8%... and third party development has helped Acad very
much! Some tools have eventually ended up inside Acad, helping the sofware
go forward and widening it's market-span [which Revit could use very much!
by venturing into other areas Revit could become more commonground]
Anyway, to cut things short.. I do think third party development could boost
the development of the software as a whole and certainly it would widen its
market, without, or with hardly any problems with fast new releases.
The only reason I can think of to keep third party development out of their
hair for the time being is related to Greg's remark. If the're going to
'push ADT out' and go with Revit - they will have to do so with taking the
ADT cliëntéle along to the new Revit.. most likely they would neeed a very
close fit for existing ADT files to Revit ~ no idea on how they'd do this
[new specific version of Revit in combination with an extinsive translator
software maybe?.. I donno] But this would.. could.. bring about changes so
big that third party apps would instantly loos all their value.
But all this is just speculations!! ;-D let's just keep our eyes'n'ears wide
open... grtinx
"Scott Davis" schreef in bericht
news:4137864c$1_3@newsprd01...
> Okay, so that came out a bit wrong. It's not that they cant keep up, just
> that its tough to. Revit code is written, and when the developers are
> ready, they release it. This is generally when third party companies get
a
> hold of it to, (they usually get to 'preview' the beta, but can't start
true
> development til they know its ready!) then they start development. It
just
> seems like by the time a third party has time to develop, test, and
> distribute a plug-in, the next version of Revit is right around the
corner.
> If these third party developers are selling their plug-ins, not many
people
> would buy them if the next release of Revit is right around the corner.
(no
> guarantee they'll work in the new vrsion) Throw in the Point releases,
and
> the time frame gets even shorter!
>
> Hope that clears up my train of thought on this subject.
>
> "v.valentijn" wrote in message
> news:4136cf99$1_1@newsprd01...
> [btw. have you heard> the news from Scott? API isn't an option because the
> Revit development team
> > is too fast for the rest of the world to keep up with..
>
>