Re:Microsoft Windows is prohibited at Gitlab
by jupp0r on Monday August 08, 2022 @03:49PM
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Obviously there's a spectrum and my personal experience is not representative for the industry as a whole. From the people I've worked with in 2 decades, maybe 2% choose Windows over Unix when given the choice, even when most customers were using Windows. At my current job, I literally know nobody using Windows (>$1B software company with high 3 digit or low 4 digit number of engineers). Not sure why anybody thinks a Windows only policy would be a great idea in this labor market.
From my perspective Windows in 2022...
- I can seamlessly develop in Linux on Windows using WSL2 - I can manage my machine with a package manager (winget) - I can run Linux Native GUI application (wslg win 11) - I get Microsoft's epic backwards compatability - I get guaranteed comparability with 99% of the software and hardware available today - I get a suite of expandable back office tools for managing my fleet
Honestly, there are days I spending in visual studio code and windows terminal where it doesn't even feel like I'm on Windows. I can get the best of both environments out of the box.
...but tell me again how there is nothing to be enthusiastic about windows.