Better Windows Development Environments - One project at a Time

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How I Lost Thirty Pounds in Thirty Days — Mon, 04 May 2009 11:48:04 GMT

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re: Better Windows Development Environments - One project at a Time

remdotc — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:35:24 GMT

The biggest issue I have with Windows Development is cost. While big corporations can easily shell out 2K for a MSDN license, Small to medium businesses "might " pay that fee, where hobbyists and students who lack funds will go with environments where free sources are available. Added to the Open Source movement is a rich environment of documentation and tools, all available for free, and given the current economic situation where everyone is making budgetary cuts, 800 for a IDE like Visual Studio 2008, 2000 for MSDN, 780 for Windows Server Standard Edition is a bit much when Cygwin and most linux distrobutions offer a plethora of free tools.

re: Better Windows Development Environments - One project at a Time

DanF — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:41:06 GMT

Good observation Mark.

I know I'd be more willing to come back to Windows if they made it more accessible for hobbyist developers. As an amateur programmer in Linux I have access to a huge array of great tools, on Windows I used to have nothing. Now I have the "* Express editions" which are a pretty good start.

I also think Mono is a big help in encouraging adoption of .Net -- looks promising.