hi list
isnt it also about which OS people are comfortable with when making music/video in Pd/Max?
as for me, i come from "non-programming environment" too (allaround musician) and discovering Pd/Max caused (forunately) involving into computer as an instrument. When discovering computer, getting OS's to know (windåse/linux/OSeX) i found/find/will still find out that Pd is different on different platforms (unless you are a programmer and you just can). And Max being a luxury lady is still Max, if its on osx or win, it just can. Curiosity found me in linux, where (fortunately) Pd lives. Moving slightly away from newbee, I enjoy "solving problems", and discovering linux as the whole planet of multimedia, where, I personally think, Pd is most playfull.
So to you, who posted this many hours ago (sorry, I didnt keep the original message), if you're still reading i want to add, that its not about max vs Pd, its you vs coffee + cookies + lots of time behind the screen to find out what you need to know to find out what you need to know to find out what you need.......
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