RE: What OS are you using?
February 8, 2016 at 8:40 pm
(This post was last modified: February 8, 2016 at 8:41 pm by bennyboy.)
As a small-time programmer (I literally write programs for just my company's internal use, or a couple for clients, and some for students), I can't imagine leaving Windows. I know for sure that almost 100% of my students will have access to a Windows machine. I do not know this about Linux.
Add to that how easy it is to design Windows programs using C# .NET, and Windows it is.
Here's what I did in a couple hours:
Wrote a program to edit books from Gutenburg. Edit them in a textbox, organize clippings, make questions about them to add to a SQL database. Still using Microsoft (ASP.NET), throw together a web control that will display the questions and administer a multiple-choice test. And most importantly, I installed the program on all the laptops at work, so any teacher can now make questions based on Gutenburg-hosted books.
I could have done all those things with this or that Linux redist. Could have used PHP or Java. Could have used mySQL instead of MSSQL. What I could not have done is confidently deployed my system, in 1 day, to the people who could use it.
Oh yeah, and M$ has removed the $ from the process. Visual Studio, C# and .ASP are all free while being massively supported by the company.
/Windows fanboy testimonial
Add to that how easy it is to design Windows programs using C# .NET, and Windows it is.
Here's what I did in a couple hours:
Wrote a program to edit books from Gutenburg. Edit them in a textbox, organize clippings, make questions about them to add to a SQL database. Still using Microsoft (ASP.NET), throw together a web control that will display the questions and administer a multiple-choice test. And most importantly, I installed the program on all the laptops at work, so any teacher can now make questions based on Gutenburg-hosted books.
I could have done all those things with this or that Linux redist. Could have used PHP or Java. Could have used mySQL instead of MSSQL. What I could not have done is confidently deployed my system, in 1 day, to the people who could use it.
Oh yeah, and M$ has removed the $ from the process. Visual Studio, C# and .ASP are all free while being massively supported by the company.
/Windows fanboy testimonial
