> Kerry- > 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. > > That makes a lot of sense. I'd love to see a Unix Shockwave player myself. In fact, I'd love to see Shockwave run on PS-2 and X-Box.
I'm not defending Macromedia's marketing decisions--just trying to analyze them, and make some sense. I expect Macromedia has marketing people crunching the numbers--the cost of developing a Unix player vs. the increased revenue, and my guess is that so far the numbers haven't justified the investment. I could be wrong, but that's one outsider's take. This is purely anecdotal, but may be indicitave of the market. My wife is a Web producer for Addison-Wesley's college calculus series. They do some really high-end stuff--you can actually enter calculus equations and solve them on their Web site, take tests, etc.. Great stuff--but they use zero Shockwave. They have some Flash animations to illustrate Calculus concepts, but no Flash. Cordially, Kerry Thompson [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
