[guhidalg]

Totally agree that development outside of Windows is better. However if a majority of your users are using Windows, shouldn't you, the developer, also use Windows?

I think HN has a tired circle-jerk around hating Windows but ultimately most people use Windows for a reason, and it's not because it's a good development environment: it's because it just works and if you're a normal user you never have to open a command line.

[notatoad]

if you're building desktop software for windows then yeah, you should use windows. but these days, most development isn't for windows.