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From: Justin Gombos <rpbkbq.xax.gld@uluv.kbq>
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On 2007-05-06, ezkcdude <zamir.evan@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ideally, I'd like to write code that could be ported to Linux/OS X
> (and Windows obviously).

It's not clear to me why porting to Windows would be an obvious need.
Is this controlling microscopes for children in elementary schools?
If not, why would you want to control a microscope from the poorest
quality system available for which consumers pay a premium for, and
subject users in the scientific community to the Fisher Price of
operating systems?

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