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For me, and I suspect for many people, the singular reason we used Windows in the 00s was the fact that Windows was the platform with the most software support.
by ogre_codes 6y ago
For me, and I suspect for many people, the singular reason we used Windows in the 00s was the fact that Windows was the platform with the most software support. The Mac and Linux were secondary and tertiary platforms respectively for most developers.
Things have changed a lot since then, but to me, seeing Windows being the platform which has the least software support, even in this limited scope, is a sign of how much of a reversal Windows has seen.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago> Windows being the platform which has the least software support What a strange universe you must inhabit. Windows still utterly dominates the software landscape except in web stuff. I have yet to work at an org that didn't have a dependence on many pieces of software that are exclusively Windows.
- aib 6y ago> the least software support, even in this limited scope I think they were talking about ARM.
- ogre_codes 6y ago> I have yet to work at an org that didn't have a dependence on many pieces of software that are exclusively Windows. You do know we are talking about Windows on ARM here right? I haven't said that every time I've been talking about this, but that's the context, Windows on ARM. > Windows still utterly dominates the software landscape except in web stuff. Again, Context. Windows on ARM doesn't dominate anything. That's why I said "even in this limited scope" right after the phrase you quoted. I figured folks would recognize we were still on the same topic.