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Some of us also do real work on Windows, ask Valve.

Sure and there are billion dollar systems at every bank that runs entirely on VBA macros in excel doesn't mean its not structurally flawed.

Worse is better, isn't that the UNIX motto?

Usually when it's misunderstood

Yeah, it only applies when it is convenient.

Yes, software is supposed to be convenient, making user's life miserable is proprietary software's job

Do one thing, and do it well.

Not even UNIX System V userspace obeys a mythical rule that only exists on a worshiped book by the FOSS community, most of which never used anything besides GNU/Linux.

Of course they haven't. The old Unixes are dead and gone.

The shell grows not old, as we that are left grow old:

Aix shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of Sun and in the morning

We will remember them.

Yeah, but this is like, your opinion man

And these VBA macros in excel probably don't have any more bugs and issues than all the software written by the HN community. Six of one, half a dozen of the other.

Interesting take since Valve with Proton has done a lot to increase gaming on Desktop Linux also their console devices.

Except they pay CodeWeavers to do most of the work.

Is the excuse of teenagers every August when they ask for the latest and greatest laptop?

I can provide other examples of real work done on Windows, like Photoshop, DAW, and so on.

Maybe those are interesting as teenager hobbies as well.

I write Ada that targets Windows and COM, which I consider to be real work.

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