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"Like it or not, you must learn at least the bare minimum about Windows" This might have been true in 1995. It's not true today.

• focusaurus 15y ago
  Agreed this is somewhat debatable. But the language "bare minimum" still applies I think. Remember, this is at a large software development shop, so there will still be dozens of windows machines. Google is the only company I have heard of that drew a hard line saying no windows machines on the development network.
  • jeffreymcmanus 15y ago
    There are many companies that are entirely non-Windows, actually. And Web developers don't need to waste time learning "the bare minimum about Windows," they only need to learn how to install Windows in a virtual machine so they can use IE for testing purposes.
    • bostonvaulter2 15y ago
      But are all of the customers non-Windows as well?
  • bartonfink 15y ago
    There are no Windows machines on the development network for my program at Lockheed. I can't speak for the entire enterprise, but every engineer has a Windows box for e-mail and general internet access and a UNIX box on a different network for real work.