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Re:Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO by moistgorilla on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @11:59AM (#7178626)
I will switch to windows if they make it as easy to develop on as it is on unix. Maybe have a fully supported unix commandline emulator?
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Re:Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO by sdegutis on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @12:03PM (#7178652)
That's the same reason I want to switch to developing for Windows. Except, I don't consider Unix the ideal standard anymore. For instance, PowerShell isn't a real unix shell, but it seems to be a type-safe version of one with first-class access to the platform's first-class API, which is exciting.
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Re:Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO by Aaronontheweb on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @12:40PM (#7178956)
One other cool technology, originally developed as an OSS project by MSFT employees is ScriptCS: http://scriptcs.net/

It can complement or replace PowerShell, but what I really like about it is that it introduces a Python-style C# REPL.

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Re:Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO by henrikschroder on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @12:22PM (#7178806)
You're conflating "easy" with "familiar".
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Re:Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO by Mikeb85 on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @02:04PM (#7185953)
No. Unix/Linux and the command line IS easier for development, once you get over the initial learning phase. So many great command line tools and functions, you can get a language, or an environment up and running in seconds instead of dozens of minutes or hours...
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Re:Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO by _random_ on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @02:29PM (#7179723)
80-s want their command line back.
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Re:Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO by c0achmcguirk on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @06:08PM (#7180869)
Cartoon UI wants it's clicky-clicky and inefficient workflow back.
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