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More Devs Now Use OS X Than Linux, Says Survey (9to5mac.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the keeping-up-with-the-trends dept.

An anonymous reader writes from an article on 9to5Mac: Stack Overflow reports that more developers now use OS X than Linux as their primary OS, and that if the trend continues, fewer than half of all developers will be using Windows next year. The site says it carried out "the most comprehensive developer survey ever conducted," with more than 56,000 coders across 173 countries taking part.
The survey also mentioned more were still developing for Android than iOS -- 61.9% versus 47.5%. However, almost a third of developers are using Swift, which was also the second most loved language after Rust.

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  1. Re:in an attempt to explain this to others.... by MightyMartian · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why would anybody pay the Apple tax for their overpriced hardware to use as a coding platform? It's not like the OS-X tools are oh so much better than anyone else's.

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  2. Re:in an attempt to explain this to others.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Because I can spend more time coding and less time trying to get my fucking wireless card working?

  3. Re: Yeah, right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That's because you're not a kid and actually have some experience in real world development. I'd wager most of these 'developers' are under 30 and have limited experience in building real world solutions. I'm sure they write code and some of it is probably fairly impressive, but honestly I think the bulk of it is fluffed up junk.

  4. That bulk discount by Shados · · Score: 1, Troll

    I was surprised by how much of a discount Apple gives for bulk to companies. All manufacturers have discounts, but Apple is kind of notorious for being conservative on that front...

    Then I asked a friend who's at the head of a company of a few hundred employees that all use Macbook Pros how much they were paying for them. It wasn't a "little" cheaper. It was drastic (obviously Apple has higher margins, so they can mark them down more...i just never knew they actually did).

    Like, marked down enough to be in line with mid range PC hardware.