Re:Not My Gorilla
by cabalamat on Tuesday December 09, 2008 @11:06AM
(#391379)
Microsoft is an 800 lb gorilla, but one located in another part of town, or even another country. If you do web development, and you're not using .net/CLR/C#, then you're probably not developing or deploying on Windows.
What proportion of startups run Windows? It's a good deal lower than those running Linux or OS X -- so much so that Microsoft have launched a "BizSpark" service where startups can use their software without charge (see http://www.includipedia.com/blog/2008/11/05/microsoft-bizspa... )
So if you want to develop with PHP, MySQL, Ruby, Rails, Django, etc, then you should bear in mind that Windows support is probably not going to be as good as Linux or OS X support.
What proportion of startups run Windows? It's a good deal lower than those running Linux or OS X -- so much so that Microsoft have launched a "BizSpark" service where startups can use their software without charge (see http://www.includipedia.com/blog/2008/11/05/microsoft-bizspa... )
So if you want to develop with PHP, MySQL, Ruby, Rails, Django, etc, then you should bear in mind that Windows support is probably not going to be as good as Linux or OS X support.