August 10, 2005 at 6:53 pm
Confessions from an Open Source guy, he often develops ideas on Windows first before moving to Linux.
Wow, that could get a can of coke or a spare DIMM tossed at your head in some circles. There are some open source people that are totally against Windows and anything to do with Microsoft. The same people that tell you just post your problem and someone will provide a solution within hours. That open source is the only way to develop software that makes sense. That you're being ripped off by spending any money on software. The same people that probably rip any open source company that's made a plea for money when they've been unable to pay their bills. Somehow you have to make money on open source software using services or something and if you can't, regardless of how well you've developed your software, you should fail and go out of business.
But as we all have seen, the path of least resistance is what often succeeds. And building applications on Windows is often the path of least resistance for many people. Sure there are Java guys that can whip out a web app much quicker than I could an ASP.NET one. But those guys are few and far between. Most people find Windows easier and just work with it.
To see this confession is interesting to me for a couple of reasons. One is that it shows that even those that feel at home with Linux, building software packages from source and more, still see Windows as an easier platform to work on.
The second thing is that Windows isn't going anywhere. I mean if Microsoft can get the FOSS guys to keep a box around to try things on, why should the rest of us switch?
Steve Jones
August 15, 2005 at 9:36 am
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--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
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