Atwood is a dyed in the wool Windows / .Net evangelist. Nobody should be terribly shocked when he makes the assertion that anything other than Windows & .Net are substandard platforms.
Re:Coding Horror: Douchebaggery
by pchristensen on Thursday February 28, 2008 @03:11PM
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"I take issue with David's claim that, when it comes to computers and operating systems, there's any "best" anything. In my considered opinion, they all suck. Sure, there are tradeoffs, pros and cons, strengths and weaknesses. But an objective best? It's all relative."
"Don't waste time arguing about the character select screen. Results speak loudest. Show the world what you can do in your programming environment of choice."
Hardly sounds like he's bashing non-Windows. More like bashing elitism and OS-ism.
"...when you're using Rails and OS X, you're using the platform of choice for douchebags."
Is that meant to hurt my feelings? Or is it an attempted parody that has gone horribly wrong and started killing innocent bystanders?
FWIW, I can't tell the difference between DHH's opinion of Windows and the average Unix expert's opinion of Windows. And I hope for the sake of Atwood's blood pressure that he never encounters PG's hilarious line about Windows NT from "Great Hackers".