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≥ Except there's 100 times more software in Windows Really? I bet dockerhub alone has more linux-capable software than windows has anywhere. I also expect that

≥ Except there's 100 times more software in Windows Really? I bet dockerhub alone has more linux-capable software than windows has anywhere. I also expect that a randomly chosen GitHub repo is more likely to support Linux than it is to support Windows. Maybe these aren't fair comparisons, but I'm not sure what would be. The ecosystems are so different it's hard to know how such a count would go.

dmitriid 6y ago
> I bet dockerhub alone has more linux-capable software than windows has anywhere. I also expect that a randomly chosen GitHub repo You are confusing a subset "developers who use linux-compatible tools" with the set "users".
- __MatrixMan__ 6y ago
  Is the userbase size relevant? I'm not saying "I have more tools than you have cars" because I think it makes me win at something. I'm trying to point out that the ecosystems are so different that it's hard to quantify which side has "more".
  - dmitriid 6y ago
    > Is the userbase size relevant? Yes > I'm trying to point out that the ecosystems are so different that it's hard to quantify which side has "more". No. In response to "there's 100 times more software in Windows." you started speaking about dockerhub and git. That does not encompass all software, especially software that is required by non-programmers.
    - __MatrixMan__ 6y ago
      Let L be the set of all software for Linux and W be the set of all software for Windows. If there is a subset of L that is larger than W, then L itself is also larger than W. I was proposing that if you count every image, or every repo, then dockerhub-only or the GitHub-only subsets of L might be larger than W because the effort of creating an additional windows project is much greater than the effort of creating an additional Linux project.
      - dmitriid 6y ago
        The amount of software in dockerhub and github is entirely irrelevant when you just for a second stop considering just the subset "developers who use linux-compatible tools".
GoblinSlayer 6y ago
Dockerhub is a drop in an ocean, no central repository can hold windows software, it's that big.

dmitriid 6y ago

> I bet dockerhub alone has more linux-capable software than windows has anywhere. I also expect that a randomly chosen GitHub repo You are confusing a subset "developers who use linux-compatible tools" with the set "users".

__MatrixMan__ 6y ago
Is the userbase size relevant? I'm not saying "I have more tools than you have cars" because I think it makes me win at something. I'm trying to point out that the ecosystems are so different that it's hard to quantify which side has "more".
- dmitriid 6y ago
  > Is the userbase size relevant? Yes > I'm trying to point out that the ecosystems are so different that it's hard to quantify which side has "more". No. In response to "there's 100 times more software in Windows." you started speaking about dockerhub and git. That does not encompass all software, especially software that is required by non-programmers.
  - __MatrixMan__ 6y ago
    Let L be the set of all software for Linux and W be the set of all software for Windows. If there is a subset of L that is larger than W, then L itself is also larger than W. I was proposing that if you count every image, or every repo, then dockerhub-only or the GitHub-only subsets of L might be larger than W because the effort of creating an additional windows project is much greater than the effort of creating an additional Linux project.
    - dmitriid 6y ago
      The amount of software in dockerhub and github is entirely irrelevant when you just for a second stop considering just the subset "developers who use linux-compatible tools".

GoblinSlayer 6y ago

Dockerhub is a drop in an ocean, no central repository can hold windows software, it's that big.