If you really want cross platform and variable display resolution, look at Squeak Smalltalk, an open source implementation of Smalltalk that is the balm and can, in fact, run cross platform on any device for which a c compilier is available. There are several forks, one of which, Pharo, is targeted at commercial developers.

http://www.squeak.org/About/

"Major computing platforms supported include most versions of Windows including CE/PocketPC, MacOS, Linux/Unix, OS/2 Warp, Acorn RiscOS, and even a bare chip (the Mitsubishi M32R/D)."

http://www.pharo-project.org/home

Why do you think a new third party would be any different that the two we have now (USA)? They are both third parties you know. The solution is active involvement and participation in the process, which is difficult and costs money.

Take the time you spend complaining about something and write a letter or spend a weekend at Wal-Mart and register people to vote.

Remember, if you are not part of the solution, you are part of the ... never mind.

Al

Offtopic perhaps, but, in the interest of fair and balanced reporting >> http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/53802.html. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac played a role, but there is much more to the mortgage meltdown than what is spun out in the parents reference. In the absense of the other bad actors the actions of FM2 would not have precipitated the crisis. -M-

Does anyone else think that there is something wrong when our most precious resource (the younger generation) is being educated by the lowest paid professionals in the country?