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The hoops people jump through in order to avoid using an operating system that just works in that setting never ceases to surprise me. It was something that sta
by xorcist 3y ago
The hoops people jump through in order to avoid using an operating system that just works in that setting never ceases to surprise me. It was something that started when Macs were popularized among developers and never really stopped.
- stavros 3y agoWhat "operating system that just works" can I use to run today my application that I developed eight years ago?
- pasc1878 3y agoDepends on what you mean. If you mean just use Linux then not possible. You need MS Excel for any financial work - the alternatives are just not complete enough, Mail also (well used to) needs the OS. And I suspect most people prefer the GUI of macOS and Windows which do just work. If you mean why isn't the app written to just work then that is often ignorance of what calls and things are Linux specific - a non GUIO business app should be easily portable;le between macOS and Linux and SunOS etc you don't need low level API calls for that.