Why I use Windows and not Linux

Maybe we should give an "enable up/downvote" cookie when the user clicks through the link and actually sees the article.<p>I cannot imagine 5 people (currently with 6 points) upvoted this after actually reading it...

I have no idea why I should be interested in whether or not someone uses a particular OS. Especially when that person appears to be an uninformed youth.<p>I would be much more interested in "Why this government department decided that Linux is a good fit for some situations and what they're doing to migrate" style article. I'd hope that HN would avoid the traditional flame-bait; but perhaps that's optimistic.

Old flamewar, same argument, move along folks.

Here's a summary.<p>The author uses Windows instead of Linux because:<p>1. Linux isn't as popular as Windows<p>2. He can't use Visual Studio on Linux<p>Compelling argument!

tl;dr: The author failed to fully explore the tools available for Linux and uses Windows on account of his ignorance

Interesting argument. Personally, for all the stuff I do, Linux is far superior. Give me Emacs, R and LaTeX working out of the box and available in easy downloads with no spaces in my paths, and I'm happy. I can understand that others may have different perspectives.<p>That being said, has he tried Emacs? As far as I know with GDB and gcc and flymake, pretty much everything he wants to do is available.

He says he programs, but he no doubt means that he clicks and drags stuff around in visual studio. Anyone who has never heard of eclipse, netbeans, or intellij is not a programmer. I'm sorry but he's just not. I'm having trouble believing this is for real.

Makes you realise how it's a clever strategy to make excellent dev tools for a platform. Visual Studio is really one of the best, and developers will go where the tools make it easy for them.

I'm porting some of my software to Windows. I haven't used Windows in years. Doing things like opening a DOS console and typing "cd C:\" was like going back in time about 25 years. And then I had to create a Batch script using old BASIC style commands, using REM at the start of comments... It's like Windows is stuck in time, and Microsoft's primary way of making money is by keeping this crusty operating system running, and milking enterprise IT budgets as long as possible.