> the
> time on the part of the developer to spend this extra time?
>
It takes little to no additional time to support multiple platforms, so even
a few percentage points in additional market is quite a good ROI.
> That's funny. I've been working with Windows for the last ten years, with
> very little stress to my poor old computer. I've been using the same
> laptop
> for the last four years or so, actually, just replacing the hard disk when
> it failed. I rarely reinstall my operating system - again, only when I
> have
> a hardware failure, or when a new version comes out that I want to use.
>
You are using a four year old laptop? I don't know any developers that use a
laptop that old. I suspect you must be an outlier. Then again, maybe it is
the work you do. I mean if you aren't stressing out a four year old laptop
then the work must not be that intense. I mean Outlook alone is enough to
stress out most older machines.
> I suspect that many developers use Linux or OS X because they're
> different,
> or may have a greater perceived "coolness" factor. I don't necessarily see
> higher productivity from those developers, though.
>
It has nothing to do with coolness factor or any other useless metric you
can think of. Unix continues to be easier to administrate, faster, more
robust, and just plain more capable. While there are still some good reasons
not to use Linux on the desktop; there is no reason to avoid Mac OS X.
-Matt
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