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Yirmi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 8:37 PM Subject: RE: <lingo-l> Re: Not Mac vs. PC (Kerry Thompson) > > 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!] [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!]
