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Default A Perfect Case For NOT Using Linux.

On Sun, 21 Jun 2015 21:20:57 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

On 06/21/2015 05:57 PM, Snit wrote:
OK, so it is a good techie playground... a good place to learn about
computers and offers great command line shells. That and it can be had at no
cost and, like OS X, the risk of malware is far lower than on Windows.

Anything where it handles tasks better: things where you can show it
benefitting productivity, efficiency, or error-reduction?


you've just answered your own question. We develop on Linux and port the
product to Windows. Why? The development tools on Linux, such as gdb,
valgrind, electric fence, and so forth are superior to what is available
on Windows and are no cost.


+1

The rest of your post was cool, too, but I snipped it for brevity.


You snipped it because you don't want the truth about Linux to get
out.