Re: Cross-platform, the freedom to choose any computer


Peter Ammon wrote:
> Otto Wyss wrote:
> > I think it's worth to think a little about "Cross-platform Development"
> > and have therefore written this paper here:
> >
> > http://wyoguide.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=Cross-platform.html
> >
> > See for yourself, if it's something you can use.
> >
> > O. Wyss
>
> If every program runs on every platform, what's the point in having more
> than one platform?

In the real world, there are hundreds of different platforms. The more
software can be made available on the wider variety of hardware, the
better off end users are. This is the FSF's quite rational position.

>
> Put another way - if you don't code to take advantage of the features
> and obey the human interface standards of a particular platform, your
> program will be inferior (on that platform) to one that does.

I guess we must first exclude the tens of thousands of portable command
line tools and libraries on any UNIX system from your argument.

--T

>
> Followups set.
>
> -Peter
>
> --
> Pull out a splinter to reply.

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