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Re:Travis merges private and open source repositories into o... by nukeop on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @03:16PM (#16980248)
The less developers cater to Windows, the better. Remember that usually it's the other way around, Windows receives support from driver/software developers, and it's seen by most as a feature of Windows. At any rate, Windows is a subpar choice for any server needs, so it's for the better.
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Re:Travis merges private and open source repositories into o... by 2trill2spill on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @03:28PM (#16980362)
> At any rate, Windows is a subpar choice for any server needs, so it's for the better.

This is simply not true. While I prefer a FreeBSD or Linux server to a Windows server, saying Windows is a subpar choice for all server needs is disingenuous and wrong. What if I need to run software on a server that only runs on Windows or I can only get commercial support from the vendor on Windows? Clearly Windows in the better server choice if it's the only operating system that can run the software I need. The UNIX == Good and Windows == Bad meme needs to die. Use the best tool for the job, sometimes that's a Unix OS sometimes it's Windows.

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Re:Travis merges private and open source repositories into o... by nukeop on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @04:22PM (#16980815)
This doesn't mean that Windows is better, it just means you have no other choice because you were forced to by a vendor who didn't provide a native Linux binary.
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Re:Travis merges private and open source repositories into o... by 2trill2spill on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @06:50PM (#16981848)
Better software support does make Windows better in that circumstance. It doesn't matter what features or strengths Linux has over Windows if I can't run the software I need.
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