My owner has lately had to work on Windows at work. It's a shame really. Why the change? Well hes' apparently going to start doing more .NET and less python - which is also a shame but at least he'll still be coding.

You should hear him complain to me about it. It's "Windows locks the BIOS by default" this and "Why the heck can't I pipe stuff in cmd" that. Moan, moan; moan. Even though his complaining is driving me insane, I can't hide the fact that he's actually hitting on a sore spot for a lot of developers and IT people.


Let's face it. Windows is just not developer-friendly. It sells itself as user-friendly, but I even question that. I read a stat that there were 19 million developers in the world. That means there are 19 million people whose needs aren't properly catered for by this OS.

They say Windows is plug-and-pray. It actually works quite well... until you try and plug something developed by their competition. I can browse my windows drive while running Ubuntu but I can't browse my Ubuntu drive while running Windows. Not cool, Microsoft. Not cool.

My owner aside, the only reason I still use Windows sometimes is for the games. Windows has quite a niche when it comes to gaming. However, I appreciate the fact that companies like Valve are creating awareness for Linux with their online game store, Steam. It appears that all their home-baked games are cross platform. Kudos to you.

The IT Crowd series takes a stab at Windows in their opening scene: