One think people here need to realize is empeg is a business, and they need to make money to survive. At this point, they have only shipped a handful of players to people who understood it only came with support for Windows, and a simple Linux tool. They have invested a good chunk of change into the new Mark II and other products that have not earned enough to pay for themselves. Yes, they are saying "We will support other platforms later" for a very good reason. If they sit down and start work on even the base for getting a non Windows tool out, they will loose time better invested in making sure they don't go out of business by the end of this year. Personally, no matter what side of the fence I was on, I would not be bothering them this much at this point. They have said support was coming, and never deceived any existing clients. Beyond that, there is not much that can be said.

Douglas Adams is a die hard Mac supporter, but when it came down to making his game "Starship Titanic", he had to either release it for Windows first and wait for returns to make a Mac version, or never make a game. Empeg is in a similar position, and people need to respect that, or watch the company either die, or go to a no public-product method.

Also, the fact that Rob is having to drop out of customer support mode to participate in this fourm should be a clue to stand down for now.