Re: Where is M13? - version 1.2

On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 04:43:00 -0600, Paul Schlyter wrote
(in article <dt9gve$31is$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):

In article <WILJf.49086$dW3.37101@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Bill Tschumy <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


<snip>


It is a free, cross-platform Java application available for Windows, Mac
and
Linux (or other Unix).

...it is NOT, repeat, NOT, a cross-platform program! Your program runs only
on one single platform: the Java platform. Probably it won't run on any Java
version though, so a list of the Java versions you've found your program to
successfully run on would be interesting.

Gee Paul, did I hit one of your hot buttons?

I said it runs cross-platform on Windows, Mac and Unix. I never claimed it
ran on any platform in existence. You are technically correct that it only
runs on the Java platform, but since the Java platform runs on all modern
OS's I think you are being a bit pedantic.

My web site does indicate it runs on Java 1.3 or higher. No, I haven't
tested on every possible permutation of OS and Java version, but I've done
enough that I feel comfortable with that statement.

--
Bill Tschumy
Think Astronomy -- Austin, TX
http://www.thinkastronomy.com

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