At 12:40 -0500 04/04/2002, Mark Scott wrote:
>But the UNIX workstation market is the one that could *really* use
>the advanced programming and 3D capabilities of a Director product,
>rather than small-footprint Flash player. We have had to turn down
>physics simulation projects, for instance, due to the lack of
>Shockwave player on UNIX systems.
Exactly. You can do in days, using Director, what might take weeks
with other languages, and there absolutely is a niche for it. A lot
of people use Director for games or presentations, but quite a few
use it as a general programming environment as well. It's those
people (and the games, of course! ;) that would make a fine nix
crossover market.
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