2 points: 1. the Win32 API is not the only thing to develop on Windows with. Personally, I find C# &.NET to be much more comfortable to program in than Objecti

2 points: 1. the Win32 API is not the only thing to develop on Windows with. Personally, I find C# &.NET to be much more comfortable to program in than Objective-C & Cocoa. 2. There is no silver bullet. Some platforms are better at some things than others, but it's largely a matter of accidental complexity.