Re:Ask HN: Corporate workforce IT Tech skills for future
by scarface74 on Saturday May 19, 2018 @09:17AM
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Why change a working systems just to keep up with the cool kids? Windows isn't going anywhere. What's the business case?
From a development standpoint, you could host any new development on Linux but the "energetic and creative Linux workforce" who prefer developing on Linux are using languages and frameworks that work on almost any operating system.
I've been developing on Windows for 20 years and until recently I saw no reason to stop. What changed my perspective is cloud hosting. Every project that I either develop myself or that I'm responsible for have resources attached to it and the cost of choosing Windows over Linux is easy to discern just by running a report. The Windows Tax has now become part of OpEx for the development department instead of capex that's someone else expenses.
I still think Windows is easier to manage (and cheaper to find sys admins for) but almost everything I would have used a Windows Server for is a managed service now.
From a development standpoint, you could host any new development on Linux but the "energetic and creative Linux workforce" who prefer developing on Linux are using languages and frameworks that work on almost any operating system.
I've been developing on Windows for 20 years and until recently I saw no reason to stop. What changed my perspective is cloud hosting. Every project that I either develop myself or that I'm responsible for have resources attached to it and the cost of choosing Windows over Linux is easy to discern just by running a report. The Windows Tax has now become part of OpEx for the development department instead of capex that's someone else expenses.
I still think Windows is easier to manage (and cheaper to find sys admins for) but almost everything I would have used a Windows Server for is a managed service now.