Hello Everyone,
Apologies in advance if the post seems dumb (and long), but I admit to a high degree of confusion, so I beg forgiveness.
I first glanced Alpha Five some years ago as alternative to MS Access. Like a lot of Access Desktop pros, I was a tad fed up with the direction MS was going, along with their willful ignoring of the developer community. I see Aaron B Brown as an employee, and I remember & respect him from my days on the access forum back when we had usenet.
Although I've been getting email updates about Alpha for years, I last visited the Alpha Five website about about two years ago. My confusion then is echoed now.
As a desktop developer, I need to know about the runtime license, and security, of a desktop program/software Application (but not 'app' in its newly accepted definition).
However, all I see on the Alpha Five website is "Internal Use", or "Application Server", or "Mobile Apps".
I have no interest in any of these. I am looking for a development platform for Stand Alone installs to (unfortunately) MS-Windows.
When I first looked at Alpha Five, the runtime license appeared a bit convoluted and expensive, especially compared to the MS runtime for Access.
But now, there is not even a mention of a distributable runtime license.
Am I missing something?
If I want to develop and distribute, stand-alone installs of either a database driven, or code driven application (not app), that installs to Windows O/S, what do I need?
And, where do I find that information on Alpha's web site?
I would greatly appreciate any response, because right now, according to the official website, Alpha Five is only good for Enterprise, Application Servers, or iPads.
Many Thanks,
Gary
Apologies in advance if the post seems dumb (and long), but I admit to a high degree of confusion, so I beg forgiveness.
I first glanced Alpha Five some years ago as alternative to MS Access. Like a lot of Access Desktop pros, I was a tad fed up with the direction MS was going, along with their willful ignoring of the developer community. I see Aaron B Brown as an employee, and I remember & respect him from my days on the access forum back when we had usenet.
Although I've been getting email updates about Alpha for years, I last visited the Alpha Five website about about two years ago. My confusion then is echoed now.
As a desktop developer, I need to know about the runtime license, and security, of a desktop program/software Application (but not 'app' in its newly accepted definition).
However, all I see on the Alpha Five website is "Internal Use", or "Application Server", or "Mobile Apps".
I have no interest in any of these. I am looking for a development platform for Stand Alone installs to (unfortunately) MS-Windows.
When I first looked at Alpha Five, the runtime license appeared a bit convoluted and expensive, especially compared to the MS runtime for Access.
But now, there is not even a mention of a distributable runtime license.
Am I missing something?
If I want to develop and distribute, stand-alone installs of either a database driven, or code driven application (not app), that installs to Windows O/S, what do I need?
And, where do I find that information on Alpha's web site?
I would greatly appreciate any response, because right now, according to the official website, Alpha Five is only good for Enterprise, Application Servers, or iPads.
Many Thanks,
Gary
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