OK OK... I was declaring the coolness of my linux box earlier today. Never said it was superior though, except for price (I'm not even sure about total cost of ownership although each side would love to prove me wrong). Sure, linux fans have the great sourceforge repository where gazillions of new programs, projects, tools, etc. get posted, updated and tracked.
But, every now and then, you stumble on a piece of code that will just not run on your own operating system. Happens to Mac fans, happens to Windows dans, happens to linux fans. Scoble just points out again on Ant. I just can't use it!!! A number of other tools only run on Mac :(
I wish inventors/developers would develop on all three platforms. Skype managed to to it. But most don't. There's both extra cost and extra skills required. Java was supposed to solve that issue, it seems only Azureus made it so far. What about all the other software ?
I'll end up with 3 computers running with 3 OSes at home I suppose...
Update: of course I could have mentionned many other programs such as OpenOffice.org... This post was just to stress the irrelevance of artificial frontiers for consumers between different computing environements, even in the Internet era, when all should run seamlessly on IP...
