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by asveikau 4342 days ago
To me the strength of windbg is not the 1990s style Multiple Document Interface UI. It's the fact that the commands are so terse and powerful. Once you get over the (steep, I'll admit) learning curve, you get a lot done without typing very much. I find gdb a lot more painful to get around for even simple stuff.

The remote debugging support is also phenomenal, though you need a culture to support it. I've only seen it work really well on the MS campus.