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Wow really? Where (in what bubble) do you live?

by lostsock 13y ago

taftster 13y ago
I'm guessing the bubble called Silicon Valley. They tend to have a fairly skewed view of the world there.
sneak 13y ago
The one where the vast majority of web developers live.
- debaserab2 13y ago
  > the vast majority You're actually discounting the entire world outside of SV right now?
  - paulftw 13y ago
    and he can still make a living while doing that.
    - tripzilch 13y ago
      what now, being able to make a living makes one right?
- deleted 13y ago
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- kamjam 13y ago
  There's this entire platform of users who develop in a magical language called C# and run entirely on Microsoft platform. It might just catch on and get quite popular. The Microsoft world might also be used by large corporations, who also happen to have lots of money, with which you can buy things like software. (There's also these other platforms based on *nix, but meh :-p)
  - deleted 13y ago
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  - codygman 13y ago
    We don't need any nix at all! |pushes button to delete nix| Hey, where did 60% of my favorite website go? Oh, I'll just google how to undelete *nix... wait... crap!
- JonnieCache 13y ago
  >vast majority of web developers That is an amazing thing to write on the internet.
tcdent 13y ago
Los Angeles based developer here. Practically everyone uses a Mac that I know.
smtddr 13y ago
I'm pretty sure the majority of digital artwork, both visual & audio, is done on OSX. I have never heard of any major company in this field that had its artists on anything other than OSX. Maybe linux for some render-farms or something, but the artists' primary workstation is macosx. Also, all the major digit-art tools work sooooooo much better under OSX, or even just under Linux. Example, I've used Autodesk's Maya under windows and under Linux 64bit. The exact same machine, dualboot, into Linux to run Maya is like night & day. This simple little kitchen scene[1] was too much for Windows to handle, would freeze up the mouse pointer while trying to rotate around and work on the models. In linux, silky smooth. Also, the audio-production software on mac is superior to anything ever. Avid ProTools, Logic Pro,etc. Imagine the kinds of scenes LucasArts/Pixar/Dreamworks/etc got going on. When you're project starts to get big and require more RAM to keep it all in memory and flowing well; Linux & OSX will beat Windows completely. Now I'm not going to put all the blame on Windows, perhaps AutoDesk and Adobe don't put as much quality work into the Windows versions. And why should they? Really, I see the Windows versions as just gateways for beginners and young people to pirate them and learn.When you get serious and it's your profession, you switch to OSX. Yes, I said it. Any serious digital-artist is on a mac. Good day sir! 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNS66CcUJ1o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNS66CcUJ1o SIDENOTE: If Adobe made linux-versions of all their stuff, combined with the already-existing linux versions of Maya and 3DSMax, I believe it would be very good for the digital-art industry.
- pjmlp 13y ago
  If you live in US that might be right, but on the rest of the world? No sir!
  - AdamN 13y ago
    The rest of the world isn't where the money is ... so why would he develop for a market that can't even afford a mac?
    - pjmlp 13y ago
      I beg to differ as today's reports show.
nityananda 13y ago
Well, I am from Europe and from people I know only around 15% uses Mac. I was myself using Windows/Linux for all development and Photoshop work till last 3 years, when I moved to Macbook Air.
- giantSlayer 13y ago
  Windows are for users and Mac are for makers. ;)
  - dirkgently 13y ago
    Oh please. Designers are not makers. Vast majority of developers I know use Linux.
- giantSlayer 13y ago
  Windows are for users and Mac are for makers. ;)
ekianjo 13y ago
Silicon Valley is a well known "home" for OSX.

Wow really? Where (in what bubble) do you live?

taftster 13y ago

I'm guessing the bubble called Silicon Valley. They tend to have a fairly skewed view of the world there.

sneak 13y ago

The one where the vast majority of web developers live.

debaserab2 13y ago
> the vast majority You're actually discounting the entire world outside of SV right now?
- paulftw 13y ago
  and he can still make a living while doing that.
  - tripzilch 13y ago
    what now, being able to make a living makes one right?
deleted 13y ago
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kamjam 13y ago
There's this entire platform of users who develop in a magical language called C# and run entirely on Microsoft platform. It might just catch on and get quite popular. The Microsoft world might also be used by large corporations, who also happen to have lots of money, with which you can buy things like software. (There's also these other platforms based on *nix, but meh :-p)
- deleted 13y ago
  [deleted]
- codygman 13y ago
  We don't need any nix at all! |pushes button to delete nix| Hey, where did 60% of my favorite website go? Oh, I'll just google how to undelete *nix... wait... crap!
JonnieCache 13y ago
>vast majority of web developers That is an amazing thing to write on the internet.

tcdent 13y ago

Los Angeles based developer here. Practically everyone uses a Mac that I know.

smtddr 13y ago

I'm pretty sure the majority of digital artwork, both visual & audio, is done on OSX. I have never heard of any major company in this field that had its artists on anything other than OSX. Maybe linux for some render-farms or something, but the artists' primary workstation is macosx. Also, all the major digit-art tools work sooooooo much better under OSX, or even just under Linux. Example, I've used Autodesk's Maya under windows and under Linux 64bit. The exact same machine, dualboot, into Linux to run Maya is like night & day. This simple little kitchen scene[1] was too much for Windows to handle, would freeze up the mouse pointer while trying to rotate around and work on the models. In linux, silky smooth. Also, the audio-production software on mac is superior to anything ever. Avid ProTools, Logic Pro,etc. Imagine the kinds of scenes LucasArts/Pixar/Dreamworks/etc got going on. When you're project starts to get big and require more RAM to keep it all in memory and flowing well; Linux & OSX will beat Windows completely. Now I'm not going to put all the blame on Windows, perhaps AutoDesk and Adobe don't put as much quality work into the Windows versions. And why should they? Really, I see the Windows versions as just gateways for beginners and young people to pirate them and learn.When you get serious and it's your profession, you switch to OSX. Yes, I said it. Any serious digital-artist is on a mac. Good day sir! 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNS66CcUJ1o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNS66CcUJ1o SIDENOTE: If Adobe made linux-versions of all their stuff, combined with the already-existing linux versions of Maya and 3DSMax, I believe it would be very good for the digital-art industry.

pjmlp 13y ago
If you live in US that might be right, but on the rest of the world? No sir!
- AdamN 13y ago
  The rest of the world isn't where the money is ... so why would he develop for a market that can't even afford a mac?
  - pjmlp 13y ago
    I beg to differ as today's reports show.

nityananda 13y ago

Well, I am from Europe and from people I know only around 15% uses Mac. I was myself using Windows/Linux for all development and Photoshop work till last 3 years, when I moved to Macbook Air.

giantSlayer 13y ago
Windows are for users and Mac are for makers. ;)
- dirkgently 13y ago
  Oh please. Designers are not makers. Vast majority of developers I know use Linux.
giantSlayer 13y ago
Windows are for users and Mac are for makers. ;)

ekianjo 13y ago

Silicon Valley is a well known "home" for OSX.