On 04/04/02 13:15, "Howdy-Tzi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. Definitely. I'm one of the folks who started using director for presentations and ended up using it more as a general programming environment. For that reason I'd also love to see a Unix version.
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