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Plenty of programmers run Windows without being tied to a Microsoft stack; web developers, for example. Believe it or not, there are many people who prefer Win
by gmurphy 16y ago
Plenty of programmers run Windows without being tied to a Microsoft stack; web developers, for example.
Believe it or not, there are many people who prefer Windows - while Unix-like OSes may be better for some things, many people use the same computer for a wide range of things, programming being just one of them.
- misterbwong 16y agoI'm an example of this. I'm a .NET web developer but if I need to make a quick view (css/html/etc) change, I'll fire up Notepad++. It's way faster than firing up good ol' VS. NP++ is also good for more complicated/repetitive text editing.
- city41 16y agoI'm also a .NET developer. But your usage there to me falls under what I called "scratch pad". As in NP++ is not your main means of writing code. I always have NP++ running so I can throw things into it as needed.
- city41 16y agoFair enough. I was truly just asking the question, not trying to inject judgment into it (although I guess some judgment was inevitable).
- phren0logy 16y agoSerious question: Are there really that many web devs who don't use a *nix? It seems to me, as an outsider, MS web stacks are relatively rare. I would think it would be easier to work on the platform you are deploying on.
- pedalpete 16y agoI believe what gmurphy is referring to is the dev machine, not server. Yes, I know of many web devs (myself included) who use windows on my personal machine, with a lamp/RoR stack, and then host on linux boxes.