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I'm sorry to say but for development a Linux machine is way more productive.

• dmix 18y ago
  Expect for the learning how to use and set up Linux part, I would agree with you. I would say it takes about 10x longer for an amateur to become comfortable with Linux then OSX, which is a serious weak point in the productivity area.
  • pwim 18y ago
    Even if that's the case, is how long it takes to become comfortable with an OS really an issue. Say it takes a user a day to become comfortable with OSX, it would take them by your estimate 10 days to be comfortable with Linux. That's not such a long time...
  • wheels 18y ago
    If you're hiring amateur developers at your startup, then you're doing something wrong. If you're forcing experienced developers to use a particular OS because you read in some dumb blog post that it was a good idea, you're doing something wrong. Really, I think on a small team, the best OS choice is the one that people know. There are very few cases where I can see OS dogmatism as being worth spending brain cycles on in an early-phase startup. If you're still small enough to all be eating at the same lunch table, you're also small enough that you don't need an IT policy.
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