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I think the key point here is this: you're right that regular users don't need homebrew; developers certainly do. By having an analog of homebrew for Windows, M

I think the key point here is this: you're right that regular users don't need homebrew; developers certainly do. By having an analog of homebrew for Windows, Microsoft can attract more developers, which then would translate into a better app infrastructure for Windows. This would then clearly benefit regular users as well. I haven't used Windows in a very long time, but whenever I sit by a friend's computer, I find it astonishing how badly designed Windows apps are. Certainly Apple's fixation with design created a culture of beautiful apps. But having more developers would also probably improve the situation

rectangletangle 11y ago
I think that's their long-term strategy. Attract more devs to the platform, new applications will follow, then finally customers. I'm definitely paying attention.
72deluxe 11y ago
I'm a developer (I develop on OSX and Windows every day for my day job and at home for myself) and I do not use homebrew. There is not anything I am really missing, but I write C++/Obj-C and you might write something different. It is interesting regarding the state of app design as most of the BSD or Linux software looks odd to me! I agree that Windows has some odd looking software but they do typically offer more features - you don't get MDI under OSX.