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<blockquote data-quote="RFisher" data-source="post: 3706007" data-attributes="member: 3608">Plus, the benefits of cross-platform development so outstrip the disadvantages, I'm constantly amazed it isn't SOP.I get so frustrated when a company says they don't have the resources to do cross-platform development when I worked at a three-person company that managed it just fine. (&amp; that was when developing for Microsoft Windows only really meant cross-platform; because Win16, Win95, &amp; WinNT were plenty different enough. Not to mention that supporting both 68K &amp; PowerPC Macs had a few kinks.)But then when you look at the improvements to your code that cross-platform development provides, the extra revenue, the premium price that non-Windows users are often willing to pay, the increased loyalty you get from non-Windows customers, &amp; the confidence that--if another platform suddenly becomes the preferred choice for your niche of customers--you'll be able to weather it just fine...as I said, I just don't get why so many companies don't do it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RFisher, post: 3706007, member: 3608"] Plus, the benefits of cross-platform development so outstrip the disadvantages, I'm constantly amazed it isn't SOP. I get so frustrated when a company says they don't have the resources to do cross-platform development when I worked at a three-person company that managed it just fine. (& that was when developing for Microsoft Windows only really meant cross-platform; because Win16, Win95, & WinNT were plenty different enough. Not to mention that supporting both 68K & PowerPC Macs had a few kinks.) But then when you look at the improvements to your code that cross-platform development provides, the extra revenue, the premium price that non-Windows users are often willing to pay, the increased loyalty you get from non-Windows customers, & the confidence that--if another platform suddenly becomes the preferred choice for your niche of customers--you'll be able to weather it just fine...as I said, I just don't get why so many companies don't do it. [/QUOTE]

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