On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 21:08, IDWMaster <web...@elcnet.servehttp.com> wrote: > I am in no means saying it is EXCLUSIVELY for developers, I'm just saying > that it's more sutable for developers than Windows is.
Although I think I can imagine, what you think, I can't really agree. If developers in general tend to use Ubuntu (or any other Linux distro) then how should they develop for their main customers: Windows Users? In our company all developers (except me) use Windows because they are developing in .NET for Windows. So this does not fit to the picture you paint. I can use Ubuntu because I am the only Java developer where the idea is to develop in a platform independent way so what I do can finally run on both. A PHP developer could think similar. However, if it would be necessary that I call a certain Windows API from within one of my Java programs, I already get a problem being on Linux. I could solve with a virtual machine, yes, but for me it is already quite annoying startup up the virtual machine for my legacy Windows-only projects. And I would need IDE (plus libraries and configuration) twice. Further I don't want to use an OS that is not capable of serving all (at least) major needs. -- Martin Wildam -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs