Comment 1205 for bug 1

On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 21:08, IDWMaster <email address hidden> 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.
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Martin Wildam