Pic Basic Pro, MPLAB X, Mac???

[dhouston]

...since Mac & Linux are about 15% of the market ...

I doubt they have that much marketshare. Statistics based on browser hits show Mac at ~6% and Linux at ~1% with that teeny share divided among hundreds of different distributions. Linux seems to have a significant share of the server market only. I've been developing for all three platforms for a few years and each major update (annual or semi-annual) of the 8-10 most popular Linux distributions (out of over 1000) inevitably break something that worked fine before. I'm ready to abandon Linux altogether as it requires far more effort than it's worth.

[mister_e]

Interesting stats you have, the opne I found was based on the sale, however it's still a small market

You can develop hardware for any platform, it is generally not a problem if you can use/deal with generic classes/driver OR untill you need to develop the computer software side. In my case, I develop software only for Windows.

[dhouston]

Interesting stats you have...
...I develop software only for Windows.

Here are many more statistics.

I do software for all three to interface with the hardware I've designed.

Of course, one other salient point is that the Linux aficianados are over represented in the techie experimenter area so they probably represent a bigger share of the market for PIC based hardware.

[mister_e]

I did, but no longer do it. Out of curiosity, what are you using QT? Mono? wxWidgets? else?

[dhouston]

Purebasic.