I think cross platform is the best selling point of BlitzMax... Shareware/freeware software authors normally cannot afford to write for multiple platforms... But now, it is almost trivial to get your software running on the big 3 platforms (and maybe more in the future?).
Yup, the same for me. The single coolest thing BlitzMAX does is embrace the "Write once, compile anywhere" (providing anywhere is on a Linux, Mac or Windows platform) ideaology. The fact that all the cross platform head-aches are handled by someone else, is most assuredly going to make BlitzMAX the number 1 choice amoungst would-be software developers.It'll be interesting to see what kind of stunts the so-called competition is going to pull over the next 6 months. This is an exciting time to be a prospective shareware author, I'll tell you that much for nothing!
There's a few mac stores in my city.
I don't even think there's one in my country! Never the less, lots of people still buy them.