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I know the pro-Apple bias is high here at HN, but this is just sad. Almost all developers in corporate America use WIndows. If you work outside of silicon val
by skrowl 10y ago
I know the pro-Apple bias is high here at HN, but this is just sad.
Almost all developers in corporate America use WIndows. If you work outside of silicon valley at a company with more than a few dozen people, chances are you're probably (but not certainly) using Windows.
- wagglycocks 10y agoWe're not talking about developers developers developers, we're talking about web developers.
- c22 10y agoPersonally I usually select my os based on the applications I intend to run on it, but for "web" development all I need is a text editor, so really any of them will do. Linux is nice to work in, but Windows will probably support the wireless card in my laptop.
- pritambaral 10y agoIt's interesting to see what assumptions people make and how they make them. You assumed your parent had a pro-Apple bias and that they wanted a Mac OS X build, while I felt solidarity with them because I was looking for a Linux build. The only OS the parent mentions is Windows, though.
- visarga 10y agoBayesian reasoning. You and him had different prior beliefs. It's quite justifiable because we live with incomplete information about the world.
- paulddraper 10y agoI work outside California for a web company with 40 devs. We use Ubuntu for prod and dev. Even the (few) Mac guys run Ubuntu VMs. The windows guy (singular) does too.