The problem with using windows isn't that you can't run Linux software, the problem is using windows. A lot of developers would prefer to run Mac or Linux, and

The problem with using windows isn't that you can't run Linux software, the problem is using windows. A lot of developers would prefer to run Mac or Linux, and only use windows for compiling when necessary. Unfortunately, Windows Windows is just the worst of the major OSes today. Windows still has the most market share and the most support, and there are still things it does better than Linux. But Linux and Mac are still better options in most cases.