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> if the writer has been using UNIX shells for that long, why are they using Windows at all? Maybe the IT department policies force them to. At least that's wh
by scintill76 2y ago
> if the writer has been using UNIX shells for that long, why are they using Windows at all?
Maybe the IT department policies force them to. At least that's why I use Windows but do most of my development in an ssh terminal to a Linux system.
- chiefalchemist 2y agoAt this point, this should be the industry standard. "Local" should be whatever you can SSH into. You can get as much hardware as you need, and you don't have to worry about anything private (i.e., customer information) and/or proprietary being on your lost / stolen laptop.
- kccqzy 2y agoPerhaps the company is otherwise all in on Microsoft's ecosystem. Perhaps they use Outlook, Word, Excel and similar apps where the Linux version doesn't exist and the Mac version is an afterthought. So IT forces everyone to have a Windows system, and then give only the developers a separate Linux machine.