From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Rich wrote:
"openoffice isn't a good example or doesn't appear to be."

MRD.


"I see complaints about its performance and quality on multiple platforms."

How odd. I used with OO1 but wrt OO2 I don't. Maybe it's coz machines have
got more capable. Maybe the advent of Vista with it's demands wrt h/w
performance etc will make OO fly (at least by comparison).


I don't know how it tackles portability so it might not apply on that criteria."

It works fine on Linux, Windows & Solaris.

I have a friend who uses it on his Mac with no problems.

In terms of portability, it's much the same as FF/Moz but with a touch of
java to make stuff like hooking into DB'es easier.

Adam





> Rich
>   "Adam"
<""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near the
bridge"> wrote in
message news:45e72964$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>   Rich wrote:
>   >    ISVs that have released applications for multiple platforms.  Look at
firefox as one example.
>   >
>
>   & OpenOffice as a second.
>
>
>   But they tend to produce "self-hosting" mechanisms of their own i.e.
>   they "become the platform" (assuming you want your code to run in a
>   cross platform manner).
>
>
>   Well formed HTML/XML has been the only formalized crossplatform tech
>   where the platform could be anything which can read *ML.
>
>   Both Firefox & OpenOffice deal with *ML files.
>
>   Adam
>
>   > Rich
>   >
>   >   "Don Hills" 
wrote in message
news:8sq5FtgaX+jd092yn{at}attglobal.net...
>   >   In article , "Rich"
 wrote:
>   >   >   And for the programs you write, go ahead and do what
you think is =
>   >   >best.  Other strategies have been more successful.
>   >
>   >   Successful for who, though? Again, that's where we differ.
>   >
>   >   --
>   >   Don Hills

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