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> > lack of commercial software like Adobe CS / MS Office Usually inconsequential for developers You're really focusing on a certain type of developer at that
by matwood 6y ago
> > lack of commercial software like Adobe CS / MS Office
Usually inconsequential for developers
You're really focusing on a certain type of developer at that point (systems/kernel only?). As a developer of both front end and back end systems, I use Adobe and Office all the time.
- BossingAround 6y agoI do both front end and back end development without either Adobe nor Office. I'm not sure what you're using these for, but you most certainly don't need them for your existence.
- matwood 6y agoIf the bar is 'need for existence' then sure almost no one needs those tools.
- ncallaway 6y agoSure, and no one needs GCC for their existence either, but that sets a pretty high bar, doesn't it? Wouldn't a better bar for judging software choices be "does this make you more or less productive?" rather than "is this an existential necessity as a software developer"?