> if the writer has been using UNIX shells for that long, why are they using Windows at all? Desktop applications would probably be the usual reason. It's all

> if the writer has been using UNIX shells for that long, why are they using Windows at all? Desktop applications would probably be the usual reason. It's all well and good if your application needs are covered by open source, but there's a fair bit of software with value add beyond open source that's never received a Linux version and WINE doesn't support well enough. Of course, as you say, then you have the problem of the shortcomings of various *nix environments for Windows. MacOS can be a great solution... if your app still runs under MacOS (currently I'm trying to figure out how to get Fireworks to run under a minimal windows or mojave VM).