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Do Windows developers use Windows or Mac at work?

• khmyznikov 1y ago
  It's impossible to develop Windows without Windows... All dev tools and the repository ecosystem designed to work under Windows.
  • LeFantome 1y ago
    Well, you can use Avalonia or UNO Platform on Linux or Mac and then deploy to Windows. UNO Platform is basically WinUI.
    • tracker1 1y ago
      Mostly agreed... I'd love to see MS just ditch MAUI and/or otherwise buy out UNO or Avalonia and create a cross-platform XAML based UI library that works everywhere (including Linux). As far as Linux goes, they could just go with Gnome/GTK for underlying support... not sure if QT's license would be compatible at this point, MS mostly uses MIT for modern FLOSS. Bonus points if it worked with C, C++ and Rust for those that want it in addition to .Net (C#). I honestly think there's still too many old guard managers/exec at Microsoft to let that legitimately happen though. They're too busy trying to wrangle every last penny of value out of every Windows user along the way.
• pjmlp 1y ago
  Naturally they use Windows, Microsoft designers apparently not any longer.