Poll: what OS/platforms (besides Win32) for DomII

[djo]

Endoperez said:
Only Windows, but I know that it would be easier to run automated scripts on Linux. Gandalf Parker and his random maps are quite an example in that part...

Actually, we are in an age where triple-platform "scripting" tools (Mac/Win/Linux) are powerful and easily available. Many of them are free and/or open source.

My favorite is Python. Others include Java, REALBasic, and C#/Mono. With the cygwin Unix environment for Windows, one can add all the other usual favorites: Perl, Ruby, shell scripts, Tcl, PHP, and who knows how many others.

Not all those are "scripting" per se, but all could be used for writing and running small programs of this kind on all 3 platforms.

[Arralen]

djo said:My favorite is Python. Others include Java, REALBasic, and C#/Mono. With the cygwin Unix environment for Windows, one can add all the other usual favorites: Perl, Ruby, shell scripts, Tcl, PHP, and who knows how many others.
Not all those are "scripting" per se, but all could be used for writing and running small programs of this kind on all 3 platforms.

You may want to add XBasic to the list (at least for Linux and Windows, dunno if there's a Mac version)

And what do you need cygwin for? There are "native" version available for Windows.

And with Tcl/Tk you needn't worry about the GUI .. works the same on all OS. You can even wrap the app into an .exe, even cross-platform. (At least, that's what I read from the freewrap how-to. Haven't tried it, though. Might turn out trickier as advertised, as usual )

[archaeolept]

well, I voted for Solaris, just because its cool having dominions support it - not that i've personally ever heard of anyone using it to play...

[Graeme Dice]

You really do need to put a Windows option if you want most people to be able to respond.

[B0rsuk]

Graeme Dice said:
You really do need to put a Windows option if you want most people to be able to respond.

You missed the point. It's what other OS do you use. Windows is the same as windows, so by conclusion it isn't other than windows. Therefore not a valid choice. I heard rumors that other OS'es are, in fact, used. Besides, such polls get boring quickly. See here:
http://www.bioware.com/_poll/view_poll.html?pollID=136

[Graeme Dice]

B0rsuk said:
You missed the point. It's what other OS do you use.

I think that you missed the point. This poll is poorly designed unless you only are interested in the OS used by a small portion of the playerbase.

[B0rsuk]

Considering that word 'other' is used, I'd suspect it actually is designed to get information from 'small' portion of the playerbase. So your post is off-topic.
And don't forget to check this link:

http://www.bioware.com/_poll/view_poll.html?pollID=136