That's a question that always used to float around my mind somewhere near "What are anti-lock breaks?" and "What happens to all the letters when I delete them from my computer?"

That was until we decided to bring P3Expeditor to the Macintosh. Soon we discovered this marvelous programming language, Java. The idea behind Java is that any program written in Java could be run on any computer without customization. What a novel innovative idea!

Turns out that "any computer" really means any computer equipped with a "Java Virtual Machine" which converts Java instructions ("Byte Code") into instructions that the computer can understand. And for our purposes that works since both Windows based PCs and Macintosh computers (along with Linux and Unix) have good Java Virtual Machines that either come with the operating system or can be installed.

The result is that P3Expeditor for the Mac, Mac OSX and Windows are virtually the same. The screens look the same, the application works the same way and we have many fewer headaches as a result. The benefit for you the consumer is better service from us, easier transitions between machine types and lower cost overall.

Of course the path from the theory of Java "Platform independence" to the practical matter of the 3 installation packages we use might be described as a "trail of tears". However, I'll spare you that little trip to my personal purgatory.

Caleb Tower, CEO