Hi all, I've been following this and many other Director and dare I say Flash :P lists for years now, although I hardly ever post for one reason or another. And sure enough the OS debate never fails to raise it's head now and again. So I thought I'd give my thoughts once and for all (not that it really matters or amounts to anything).
1. It ain't the OS you use it's the ideas in your head and what you do with em. Do we ever hear artists defending to death their particular paintbrush or palette knife? 2. People who just say this or that OS is the best and the other sucks without reasoning why are wasting bandwidth. I've seen certain people on these lists go on a war cry every time the OS issue appears, and whilst I have the utmost respect for their knowledge of certain things like Lingo, their attitude of bash that system does nothing but detract peoples attention away from the persons talents. Honestly, you'd think that some people around here have major stakes in Apple or Microsoft :) 3. All OS's have highs and lows, personally I use Windows and Linux on my server. I've also used BeOS 4 and 5 pro and personally still think BeOS has some of the best ideas and only failed due to the terrible marketing within the company. That said, if someone offered me a Mac I'd take that too. If you're a developer you should be in a position to test on all the platforms you expect it to work on. 4. As I mentioned, I'm a Windows user but I'd buy a Mac If the price was more reasonable by comparison to the other choices out there and I didn't have to re-buy all the apps I use consistently. Personally I think the Mac is physically the best looking gear out there other than some of the SGI designs, but it doesn't make the apps run any better or worse. 5. What we all gonna do and say when maybe just maybe Director appears for Linux? Will there be a joining of the Mac and Win clans to defeat the penguin? Lol Well guess that's it, I'll disappear into the blue yonda again until I get around to posting again or get thrown off the list for such drastic statements. Actually a question for you all, what's your opinion on what appears to be the new tactic of having to upgrade Director everytime a new version of Flash comes out rather than just updating the Xtra like in the old days? Regards to all, Peter Witham Internet and Multimedia Solutions (817) 280 9367 http://www.evolutiondata.com icq: 4436851 MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Member: National Association of Photoshop Professionals [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!]
