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"We are currently working to support your operating system (please check back in a few weeks). In the meantime, to enter Wiki-OS, please navigate to this websi

by slater 17y ago

"We are currently working to support your operating system (please check back in a few weeks). In the meantime, to enter Wiki-OS, please navigate to this website using Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7." Seriously? Like, really seriously? You guys like irony, yes?

jacquesm 17y ago
Second that. Platform independence should be #1 on your list of priorities. It's a dupe as well by the way: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=712242 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=712242
- happyjoe 17y ago
  I know that on HN a majority are on Mac or Linux, but Windows is still a big platform. But yes, we know it's a major problem and it will be fixed very, very soon.
  - slater 17y ago
    Fix major problems first (yes, this really IS a major problem), THEN re-submit. For the third time.
    - mixmax 17y ago
      No it isn't. There are lots of very successful programs that only run on one platform and make money. If you as a timestrained startup start developing for multiple platforms before you've got the resources to do so on the other hand then you have a problem. It's all about resources and business.
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  - jacquesm 17y ago
    I'm well willing to put some time into looking at what you've built but if I have to go through the trouble of installing a VM for it then you're out of luck :) It looks good on the video though, and the few bits of screenshot also look pretty slick. Did you notice the EyeOS link posted by ErrantX earlier today ? How does what you are doing compare to that ?
    - alain94040 17y ago
      About EyeOS: I guess today is the day of the webOS on HN... I looked at both: EyeOS seems to have some nice apps, but no notion of instant-edit like wikiOS. Personally, EyeOS is just another webOS, but with wikiOS, the wiki-factor might make it into something completely different. Hard to tell how much of a game changer it is.
  - lsb 17y ago
    PG: I'd really be interested to hear metrics of who's running which browsers on which operating systems when they come to Hacker News.
    - jacquesm 17y ago
      Don't the log files contain that information ?
mixmax 17y ago
Developing for more than one OS is a lot more work. All startups are stretched for resources and have to use them where they get most "bang for the buck". I would say that developing for one platform first, and choosing the one with the most installs, is the prudent and obvious choice. Unless you'r core audience is HN of course :-)

by slater 17y ago

jacquesm 17y ago

Second that. Platform independence should be #1 on your list of priorities. It's a dupe as well by the way: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=712242 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=712242

happyjoe 17y ago
I know that on HN a majority are on Mac or Linux, but Windows is still a big platform. But yes, we know it's a major problem and it will be fixed very, very soon.
- slater 17y ago
  Fix major problems first (yes, this really IS a major problem), THEN re-submit. For the third time.
  - mixmax 17y ago
    No it isn't. There are lots of very successful programs that only run on one platform and make money. If you as a timestrained startup start developing for multiple platforms before you've got the resources to do so on the other hand then you have a problem. It's all about resources and business.
    - deleted 17y ago
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- jacquesm 17y ago
  I'm well willing to put some time into looking at what you've built but if I have to go through the trouble of installing a VM for it then you're out of luck :) It looks good on the video though, and the few bits of screenshot also look pretty slick. Did you notice the EyeOS link posted by ErrantX earlier today ? How does what you are doing compare to that ?
  - alain94040 17y ago
    About EyeOS: I guess today is the day of the webOS on HN... I looked at both: EyeOS seems to have some nice apps, but no notion of instant-edit like wikiOS. Personally, EyeOS is just another webOS, but with wikiOS, the wiki-factor might make it into something completely different. Hard to tell how much of a game changer it is.
- lsb 17y ago
  PG: I'd really be interested to hear metrics of who's running which browsers on which operating systems when they come to Hacker News.
  - jacquesm 17y ago
    Don't the log files contain that information ?

mixmax 17y ago

Developing for more than one OS is a lot more work. All startups are stretched for resources and have to use them where they get most "bang for the buck". I would say that developing for one platform first, and choosing the one with the most installs, is the prudent and obvious choice. Unless you'r core audience is HN of course :-)