> Developing on Windows was excellent. Microsoft provides great tools and support; it was incredibly productive.
I don't know about that. I've made several good faith efforts to really see what people like about the Windows development ecosystem, and I consistently come away dismayed. "Great tools and support" could never be used to describe msbuild, for example. Or any of the MSDN documentation with incredible antipattern code that people like to blithely copy and paste into their programs. Visual Studio is slow, brittle, and makes it difficult to do version control right.
I could list examples for days but that's not the point. Nowhere is perfect, but there's no way anyone could consider Microsoft a clear leader here.
I don't know about that. I've made several good faith efforts to really see what people like about the Windows development ecosystem, and I consistently come away dismayed. "Great tools and support" could never be used to describe msbuild, for example. Or any of the MSDN documentation with incredible antipattern code that people like to blithely copy and paste into their programs. Visual Studio is slow, brittle, and makes it difficult to do version control right.
I could list examples for days but that's not the point. Nowhere is perfect, but there's no way anyone could consider Microsoft a clear leader here.