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<blockquote data-quote="HeapThaumaturgist" data-source="post: 3720893" data-attributes="member: 12332">In general, it is faster and prettier and easier to build giving the tools that Microsatan has provided.&nbsp; DirectX and the like.&nbsp; It allows for more graphical umph and easier end-user usability with less development cost.&nbsp; Java-based cross-platform software requires, well, Java to be installed, and the proper version, and then the software is installed, etc etc.Not that you can't build an installer package to put Java up first, or work harder to make it user-friendly and graphically attractive.&nbsp; But, financially speaking, it is easier and faster to code for &quot;A Large And Dominant Percentage&quot; of the home computer market than it is to code cross-platform to pick up a few extra percent here and there.Now, I like Mac.&nbsp; I would like an Apple laptop.&nbsp; And I've used Linux in the past.&nbsp; And I think it sucks that they aren't going to offer cross-platform support.&nbsp; I think it is somewhat short sighted, since the noise I hear suggests that Mac is growing its market share among some of the same demographics as D&amp;D, and Mac is certainly &quot;sexier&quot; than PC.&nbsp; --fje</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HeapThaumaturgist, post: 3720893, member: 12332"] In general, it is faster and prettier and easier to build giving the tools that Microsatan has provided. DirectX and the like. It allows for more graphical umph and easier end-user usability with less development cost. Java-based cross-platform software requires, well, Java to be installed, and the proper version, and then the software is installed, etc etc. Not that you can't build an installer package to put Java up first, or work harder to make it user-friendly and graphically attractive. But, financially speaking, it is easier and faster to code for "A Large And Dominant Percentage" of the home computer market than it is to code cross-platform to pick up a few extra percent here and there. Now, I like Mac. I would like an Apple laptop. And I've used Linux in the past. And I think it sucks that they aren't going to offer cross-platform support. I think it is somewhat short sighted, since the noise I hear suggests that Mac is growing its market share among some of the same demographics as D&D, and Mac is certainly "sexier" than PC. --fje [/QUOTE]

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