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> He spent a month with Linux and didn't notice NetBeans or Eclipse?

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.