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Re:More developers now use OS X than Linux by pjmlp on Friday March 18, 2016 @09:10AM (#11311500)
Yeah, I am on Windows here.

Since I became a 100% laptop user, my GNU/Linux usage has been constrained to VMs, server and a small netbook I use to travel. But zero Mac OS X around me.

Love the OS with its NeXTStep roots, but could never get myself to pay the 1000 euros difference to get a Mac that would be somehow comparable to e.g. Thinkpad W510 in terms of available CPU/discrete graphics.

Also for better or worse, my Windows roots go all the way to Windows 3.1/Win 16, so those skills are quite valuable in the enterprise. And I enjoy the love C++, .NET and Java have on the platform anyway.

iOS is the only thing that might force me to eventually get a Mac, but so far Android and Windows Phone already keep me busy enough.

Re:More developers now use OS X than Linux by swah on Friday March 18, 2016 @09:59AM (#11311795)
Do you use VMs for developing server side? I haven't had a great experience with Virtualbox and VMWare yet, and VPSes are 150ms away, unfortunately...
Re:More developers now use OS X than Linux by pjmlp on Friday March 18, 2016 @11:09AM (#11312263)
Since we use programming languages with rich runtimes like Java and .NET, POSIX compatibility usually doesn't play a role.

When it does, we use VMWare with Ubuntu or Red-Hat distributions.