[DUG] Another reason for Delphi to move to MultiPlatforms

[Jolyon Smith]

Hey Todd,

I'm not saying you can't create a cross platform GUI toolkit, what I'm
saying is that if you think you can create a single source application of
any reasonable (UI) complexity using such a toolkit that creates
applications that users of that application on each platform will recognize
and respect as a "first class" citizen on that platform... that's the pipe
dream.

I think the danger is that most people that got/get excited about cross
platform think that what they get is some magic box that will allow them to
take their Windows application and then the "cross platform magic happens"
that turns it into a fully fledged Mac or Linux app.

I think that out of all those people that said "yes please" to
cross-platform, when the reality hits them I think a large number of them
will be disappointed ... "oh, but this isn't what we thought you meant..."