I've got a new thread over on Joel On Software regarding this. From now until March 31, RealSoftware is offering their 'Standard' version of RealBasic 5.5 for free to VB programmers.

Check it out. $99 value.

Let's hope I'll be able to download it by March 31st!

I've taken all these "alternative" basics very seriously but I do have a minor project coming up where this product might come in handy.

RealAudio is the spawn of Lucifer. It's that simple.

I'm sorry, what does RealAudio have to do with RealBasic?

Doesn't it?

I see RealSomething, no space between them, I assume it's the same thing.

Nope, REALBasic comes from the Mac world, now running on a Windows PC near you. Nothing to do with RealAudio, that I know of. Maybe the name was grandfathered in?

>> Nope, REALBasic comes from the Mac world, <<

Now you've done it. You used the "M" word in front of FlasherT.

Let the Mac bashing commence.

Ah, sorry to disappoint - not in the mood right now. Besides, I wouldn't know how to bash RealBasic, I'm not a programmer.

"Besides, I wouldn't know how to bash RealBasic, I'm not a programmer."

You don't know thing one about Macs, but that doesn't seem to have put you off having a go at them. :)

Not true, I've had a G5 sit on my desk for a month or so, played around a bit and even helped people test online software on it. It was painfully slow compared to my workstation (which is admittedly fairly hot), the interface was *not* intuitive and I nearly choked when I learned how much the company paid for it.

That's funny. I just got a Mac recently and I've found the interface VERY intuitive, but then, I know how to get around on *nix systems.

Still, I think the GUI is pretty self-explanatory in all cases, and you only get into trouble if you expect Finder to be anything like Windows Explorer.

Ah, well, I would not dare to argue that *nix experience is to be expected of a computer newbie.