Developing for more than one OS is a lot more work. All startups are stretched for resources and have to use them where they get most "bang for the buck". I would say that developing for one platform first, and choosing the one with the most installs, is the prudent and obvious choice.

Unless you'r core audience is HN of course :-)

Second that. Platform independence should be #1 on your list of priorities.

It's a dupe as well by the way:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=712242

I know that on HN a majority are on Mac or Linux, but Windows is still a big platform. But yes, we know it's a major problem and it will be fixed very, very soon.

Fix major problems first (yes, this really IS a major problem), THEN re-submit. For the third time.

No it isn't. There are lots of very successful programs that only run on one platform and make money.

If you as a timestrained startup start developing for multiple platforms before you've got the resources to do so on the other hand then you have a problem.

It's all about resources and business.

I'm well willing to put some time into looking at what you've built but if I have to go through the trouble of installing a VM for it then you're out of luck :)

It looks good on the video though, and the few bits of screenshot also look pretty slick.

Did you notice the EyeOS link posted by ErrantX earlier today ? How does what you are doing compare to that ?

About EyeOS: I guess today is the day of the webOS on HN...

I looked at both: EyeOS seems to have some nice apps, but no notion of instant-edit like wikiOS. Personally, EyeOS is just another webOS, but with wikiOS, the wiki-factor might make it into something completely different. Hard to tell how much of a game changer it is.

PG: I'd really be interested to hear metrics of who's running which browsers on which operating systems when they come to Hacker News.

Don't the log files contain that information ?