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by rbanffy
5234 days ago
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I re-read it and it still looks like a rant from an uninformed person. He spent a month with Linux and didn't notice NetBeans or Eclipse? Is there ANY programmer on Earth that doesn't know those? He claims Windows enjoys better "hardware, software, IT guys" because it's more popular. Linux is only unpopular in PCs. In every other segment it trounces its competition. And maybe you have a point about fixing things. On Windows, people just reinstall or download a freeware tool that cleans up some specific mess and may (or may not) make things better. But the truth is it's much harder to break stuff on Linux than it is on Windows. And on Linux, you may be tempted to actually find out what the problem was (because you are able to) and fix it, which is much harder than just reinstalling the thing. Except for the fact that, after you do a clean install, you'll have to download missing drivers, service packs, run Windows Update a couple times and reboot the machine each and every time something major gets updated, which happens a good couple times in this process). Last time I tried, reinstalling a Windows machine from scratch took me a day. Reinstalling my Ubuntu box takes, usually, less than an hour. |
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I grew up on Linux. It was my primary desktop OS for many years. A few years ago, though, I found myself needing to move for personal reasons, and the best job offer I could get in short order was a Windows development one. I very quickly switched platforms for all my hobby projects. Visual Studio really is that good.
I can see the opposite opinion, too, of course. At least to the extent that other people prefer NetBeans or Eclipse, and that I'm not some sort of blind VS fanboy who thinks the only reason someone could have a different preference from me is because they're uninformed or unintelligent. It's not an opinion that I hold, but it's an opinion held by others I know and they're smart people so I trust it's for reasons that are every bit as valid to them as my reasons are to me. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that they also like different ice cream flavors from me, too. They might even have tasted my favorite flavor, only to find it wasn't to their liking.