Realbasic is OK. In my opinion far better than Visual Basic. For creating Interfaces it is maybe the best development tool out there.

The problem is that this program's cost is enormous. For the standard version you have to shell out $149.95 and $29.95 for the upgrade (from 5.0 to 5.5)? This could be acceptable. But you get some restrictions... and if you want certain features like using external databases then you have to remove those restrictions and buy the professional version which costs $449.95! Then get the 5.5 upgrade for $119.95... which makes it almost $570 for the pro version until 6.0. WHAT?!?

I mean COME ON! Professional products like CodeWarrior from Metrowerks have lower costs and they give you more freedom: you can code programs in different languages, for different platforms and most important of all... be 100% sure that the bugs in your code are caused by YOUR code, and not a faulty compiler. From my personal experience I can say that CodeWarrior is released with almost no bugs at all, and if there are bugs they fix them for FREE. From my past experience in RB I remember having to wait ages until certain features I had paid for were fixed. And they weren't usable unless I paid for upgrades and upgrades. So for those who asked: yes, you RealSoftware made me pay for bug fixes in the past, and as a developer I can only see this way of doing business as unacceptable.

As I said earlier, Realbasic ain't bad, but the prices are STILL too high. As long as Metrowerks codewarrior offers me such a superior product for much less, I ain't coming back to RB.