At 21:09 -0400 07/09/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Does anyone out there have a good guess to it's market share? (Compared
>to Java, for instance)
That might not be a valid comparison, since Director is used to write
CDs as well as net delivered games, whereas you don't find that as
much with Java.
It's a widely used platform. Not as widely used as Flash for net
delivery, but much more so for desktop/installed apps. You will
probably find (on Win only) more things written in VB, but in the
arena of dual-platform multimedia programs, Director is still pretty
much the only thing going.
It doesn't matter. Clients -- wise ones -- aren't going to care as
much about market share as what you can do with the tool. If you can
create something absolutely jaw-dropping phenomenal -- or even just
do what they ask you to do as a programmer in a reasonable time at
reasonable expense -- comparing Director to Flash or a flavor of
BASIC just won't be an issue.
--
Warren Ockrassa | http://www.nightwares.com/
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Author | Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio: A Beginner's Guide
Published by Osborne/McGraw-Hill
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