I was chatting with one of my Java buddies this evening about this discussion and he pointed out something that is important to keep in mind as well.

If small developers want or need to create software for multiple platforms, it is crucial that they not be expected to maintain multiple code bases to do so. To the extent that the toolset they use supports OS-specific features and these features are incorporated, they end up with a situation where they have to maintain multiple code bases or, in the not-less-unattractive alternative, incorporate lots of platform-checking conditional code.

This kind of thing can kill a small developer.


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