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> I work for Microsoft because I really like their web products. Cool! Good to have gigs we like. > "step 1. buy a mac". Is that really more enabling to the 2
by davesims 14y ago
> I work for Microsoft because I really like their web products.
Cool! Good to have gigs we like.
> "step 1. buy a mac". Is that really more enabling to the 2nd and 3rd world developers Jeff mentions?
Eh. Linux is just fine for Rails dev. The Mac thing is mostly a hold-over from earlier days when TextMate was the default editor, and because most Rails shops expect it. In fact one of the most "enabling" scenarios here is to take a cheap, lightweight Ubuntu dev laptop and ssh into a dedicated development server, do all your editing on vim or emacs.
> I also listed some reasons that C# is not really a non-starter for open source.
Yeah, but it's a hard sell is it not? When considering tech stacks to risk your entire project's future on, what's the practical difference between "Not Really A Non-Starter" and "Really, Really a Non-Starter"? Not much.
- jamesgeck0 14y agoI develop Ruby on OS X using Ubuntu running in a Vagrant VM, just because package management and configuration is so much easier that way (although Boxen may change that soon). Well, and also because we use Linux in production, and platform specific bugs, though rare, are not unheard of. Windows is acceptable for Ruby development if Vagrant or JRuby is used, although the platform is admittedly not a first class citizen.