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Which OS do you work primarily on ?

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    Captain Price
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    I've been using Windows for so long currently running window 8 on my desktop. I think windows is better to develop on than linux. What do you guys think about the war between linux and windows ?

    "If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"

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      I've been using Windows for so long currently running window 8 on my desktop. I think windows is better to develop on than linux. What do you guys think about the war between linux and windows ?

      "If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"

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      Thomas Daniels
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      My opinion is this:

      • For .NET-based languages, Windows is easier to develop.
      • For most other languages, Linux is easier to develop.

      The quick red ProgramFOX jumps right over the Lazy<Dog>.

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      • C Captain Price

        I've been using Windows for so long currently running window 8 on my desktop. I think windows is better to develop on than linux. What do you guys think about the war between linux and windows ?

        "If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"

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        Mike Hankey
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        I've been working on Olive Stevenson for a long time but she just keeps putting me off. :)

        New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0 My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me. I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.

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        • C Captain Price

          I've been using Windows for so long currently running window 8 on my desktop. I think windows is better to develop on than linux. What do you guys think about the war between linux and windows ?

          "If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"

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          PIEBALDconsult
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          Captain Price wrote:

          What do you guys think about the war between linux and windows ?

          Don't care. No version of *nix has ever paid my bills. OpenVMS used to, Windows does now.

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            I've been using Windows for so long currently running window 8 on my desktop. I think windows is better to develop on than linux. What do you guys think about the war between linux and windows ?

            "If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"

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            Mark_Wallace
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            What war? There is no war, just like there is no war between arable and dairy farmers. There are just people doing their work. The only way to win, in this non-existent war, is by doing your own work well, and leaving the other guys to get on with doing their own work well. Losses can only be taken as acceptable during a war. There is no war, so nobody should suffer any losses. Just do your job and look after your family.

            I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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            • C Captain Price

              I've been using Windows for so long currently running window 8 on my desktop. I think windows is better to develop on than linux. What do you guys think about the war between linux and windows ?

              "If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"

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              Jorgen Andersson
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              What war? I could maybe think we could have a discussion on PC vs Apple, but since all apples run Windows, even if it's virtual...

              Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

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              • C Captain Price

                I've been using Windows for so long currently running window 8 on my desktop. I think windows is better to develop on than linux. What do you guys think about the war between linux and windows ?

                "If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"

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                Dennis E White
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                Captain Price wrote:

                What do you guys think about the war between linux and windows ?

                I have my preferences over Windows (OS X) but these are my preferences. In all reality what matters most is the tools that you use to get the job done. I do think however you should be skilled enough to work in Windows, Linux or OS X.

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                • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

                  I've been working on Olive Stevenson for a long time but she just keeps putting me off. :)

                  New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0 My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me. I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.

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                  Mark_Wallace
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                  Unless we're thinking of different Olive Stevensons, that's probably a good thing.

                  I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                    What war? I could maybe think we could have a discussion on PC vs Apple, but since all apples run Windows, even if it's virtual...

                    Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

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                    Mark_Wallace
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                    Jörgen Andersson wrote:

                    all apples run Windows

                    Don't neglect to mention that anyone with a non-apple OS has no interest in running it on their machine.

                    I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                    • D Dennis E White

                      Captain Price wrote:

                      What do you guys think about the war between linux and windows ?

                      I have my preferences over Windows (OS X) but these are my preferences. In all reality what matters most is the tools that you use to get the job done. I do think however you should be skilled enough to work in Windows, Linux or OS X.

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                      Mark_Wallace
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                      Dennis E White wrote:

                      In all reality what matters most is the tools that you use to get the job done.

                      Spot on. The function of an OS is to make the machine's hardware available to the user, allowing him to run useful programs. How anyone can lose sight of that simple truth, I have no idea.

                      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                      • C Captain Price

                        I've been using Windows for so long currently running window 8 on my desktop. I think windows is better to develop on than linux. What do you guys think about the war between linux and windows ?

                        "If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"

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                        BillWoodruff
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                        Captain Price wrote:

                        the war between linux and windows

                        I don't know what's going to happen in the Ukraine.

                        «I'm asked why doesn't C# implement feature X all the time. The answer's always the same: because no one ever designed, specified, implemented, tested, documented, shipped that feature. All six of those things are necessary to make a feature happen. They all cost huge amounts of time, effort and money.» Eric Lippert, Microsoft, 2009

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                          I've been using Windows for so long currently running window 8 on my desktop. I think windows is better to develop on than linux. What do you guys think about the war between linux and windows ?

                          "If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"

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                          Maximilien
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                          I've been using Windows professionally all my life with a small stint of Mac system 6/7 At home, I use Mac OS for everyday usage and windows for my gaming needs ! I've used Linux about 1 week in the 90's

                          I'd rather be phishing!

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                            I've been using Windows for so long currently running window 8 on my desktop. I think windows is better to develop on than linux. What do you guys think about the war between linux and windows ?

                            "If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"

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                            Nemanja Trifunovic
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                            I develop on whatever the primary target OS is. At the previous job it was Windows Server, at the current job it is SUSE Linux. I don't think any one is objectively "better" for development; it's just a matter of what you are used to.

                            utf8-cpp

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                              I've been using Windows for so long currently running window 8 on my desktop. I think windows is better to develop on than linux. What do you guys think about the war between linux and windows ?

                              "If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"

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                              Marc Clifton
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                              Captain Price wrote:

                              What do you guys think about the war between linux and windows ?

                              As others have said, I really don't see this war, if anything, it's something that the media and dogmatic developers have artificially created. I use W7 for everything, including Linux development. Why? Because I think that Windows' usability is actually better than Linux, and that's not just because Linux is "different." I particularly like how Linux runs on small devices -- Arduino, Beaglebone, rPI, etc. It's really easy to develop for these devices and there's great support with either Eclipse or the IDE's that JetBrains produces -- their IDE's are a lot better than Eclipse, IMO, and they allow me to do cross-platform development and get up and running quickly. One thing that still bothers me about Linux is the lack of polished UI-based tools -- too often I'm doing things at the command line with arcane parameters and options. It's so, well, 1970's. Marc Marc

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                                Unless we're thinking of different Olive Stevensons, that's probably a good thing.

                                I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                Mike Hankey
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                                If you knew Olive like I know Olive... Dang now I got the song stuck in my head!

                                New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0 My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me. I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.

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                                  I've been using Windows for so long currently running window 8 on my desktop. I think windows is better to develop on than linux. What do you guys think about the war between linux and windows ?

                                  "If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"

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                                  John M Drescher
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                                  Now its windows 8.1 but I nearly always have 6+ Putty sessions open to gentoo linux servers at work and 2 or so at home.

                                  John

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                                    I've been using Windows professionally all my life with a small stint of Mac system 6/7 At home, I use Mac OS for everyday usage and windows for my gaming needs ! I've used Linux about 1 week in the 90's

                                    I'd rather be phishing!

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                                    kmoorevs
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                                    Maximilien wrote:

                                    Mac system 6/7

                                    Wow! I just had a flashback to my first 'real' computer system (one that didn't hook up to the TV through an RF device) which was a PowerMac 6100 with OS 7.5.x I must have rebuilt that thing from scratch at least half a dozen times. When I bought my first Windows system with '98 it was a vast improvement in stability...and that's saying something! It's been Windows since then.

                                    "Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

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                                    • C Captain Price

                                      I've been using Windows for so long currently running window 8 on my desktop. I think windows is better to develop on than linux. What do you guys think about the war between linux and windows ?

                                      "If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"

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                                      kmoorevs
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                                      I've been on Windows since '98. I soon switched to 2K and didn't switch again until 2009 when Win7 came out, mostly skipping XP except for testing. Currently on Win7 and still happy with it. :) (at least for another 9 months) As for war between Linux and windows, I thought that was over a long time ago? :laugh: For the record, I have tried more than a few Linux distros only to get them up and running, then thinking...'ok, now what?'. :confused:

                                      "Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

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                                        I've been using Windows for so long currently running window 8 on my desktop. I think windows is better to develop on than linux. What do you guys think about the war between linux and windows ?

                                        "If A is a success in life, then A=x+y+z. (Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.)"

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                                        Ravi Bhavnani
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                                        Captain Price wrote:

                                        What do you guys think about the war between linux and windows ?

                                        What war? :confused: I've been a Windows dev for 20+ years, simply because I chose to work on that OS.  Many of my dev friends are hardcore *nix and MacOS/iOS devs for the same reason.  I recently started hacking Android, but continue to develop for Windows. /ravi

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                                        • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

                                          If you knew Olive like I know Olive... Dang now I got the song stuck in my head!

                                          New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0 My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me. I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.

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                                          Mark_Wallace
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                                          [fingers in ears] LALALALALALALALALALALALALA!

                                          I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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