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Then "cross-platform" now means "Windows and MacOS" and Linux stops making the "platform" list?
by StavrosK 6y ago
Then "cross-platform" now means "Windows and MacOS" and Linux stops making the "platform" list?
- macintux 6y agoIn the commercial desktop software realm, that's what cross-platform has always meant.
- wtetzner 6y agoI always thought cross-platform meant "more than one platform", but I guess I don't really know if that's how it's typically used.
- Shared404 6y agoI almost exclusively use Linux, and I would call any Windows + Mac app cross-platform. Does it run on more than one platform? If yes, it's cross platform. Otherwise, where do you draw the line? Linux? BSD? Haiku? Minix?
- olyjohn 6y agoIf it doesn't run on BeOS, it's not cross platform!
- criley2 6y agoI mean, yes. Functional cross-platform doesn't mean "every single platform ever", and hitting 98% is a fantastic target. Listen, I love linux, and it's not MY fault that the year of the Linux Desktop never came and that its marketshare has continued to fall against its competitors.