On Wed, 25 Aug 2004, Devdas Bhagat wrote:
Well, if you remove the enforced Windows requirements from courses, then *some* people may be motivated to move to Linux/BSD/Unix.
As per my personal experience, development on Linux is far more tougher than in Windows. I recently worked on a live mini-ERP project and I was quite fascinated by the ease of development provided by Visual Basic. It was the first time I was working on VB and before I knew I was writing VB modules! Many of Open Source developers despise VB just because it is a Microsoft product.But I still feel that in real world situations where Managers are paranoid about ROI ( Return Of Investment ) and expect software to be delivered as fast as possible; Visual Studio comes to the rescue. Also given the emergence of .NET technology I beleive Visual Studio is going to be a dominant development environment. J2EE I feel is certainly going to face some competition. Given this scenario I feel the people who design the curriculum are obliged to include more of Windows content than Linux
Respect? Most of the software developers are in it for the money, not respect. And money comes to those who can support Windows and develop for it faster than those who develop for Linux (state of the market).
exactly . 3-4 years ago when I started using Linux, I hoped I will see widespread use of Linux in Desktop environment, but alas, Linux has still remained in the domain of enthusiasts.The present if is indicative of future, I beleive Linux will continue to dominate the Server environment and Windows the Desktop environment.