Linux needs to do more for programmers

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on May 8, 2010 12:24 PM EDT
Computerworld; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols 		Mail this story
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Much as I hate to admit it, Microsoft does some things better, much better, than Linux. Number one with a bullet is how Microsoft helps programmers and ISVs (independent software vendors). MSDN (Microsoft Software Developer Network) is a wonderful online developer resource. Linux has had nothing to compare. True, there is the Linux Developer Network, which, when it began, looked like it would be the Linux equivalent of MSDN, but it hasn't lived up to its promise. And, I can't overlook the Linux Foundation's Linux training classes. But, if I'm an ISV and I want to write software for Linux, I'm still going to need to piece together a lot of it by myself.

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If I were Linux, I'd be tired hkwint 12 3,759 May 10, 2010 8:14 PM

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