Cypherpunks, as they say, write code. It doesn't really matter very much what platform cypherpunks write code for, as long as we actually write code. Progress comes from getting stuff done and making results available so that others can expand on it and use it, not from sitting around optimizing what should be done (by others, of course) in the future. (Ever notice how, every time this comes up, the question is always something like "why aren't people writing more software for platform X?" and never "I want to write some software - does anyone have any suggestions on which platform would have the most impact?") Every minute spent arguing about whether Unix, DOS, Macs or VIC-20s constitute the optimal platform for writing and deploying crypto software is a minute during which no crypto code is being written or deployed for Unix, DOS, Macs, or VIC-20s. Just write code. For whatever platform you like writing code for. -matt