My grandma hacks debian and changes source code all the time. I don't get why people use Windows either.
I have different expectations for professional programmers than I have for 80-year-old non-programmers.
I'd have to agree with that point. I think he pretty much single-handedly wrote LLBLGen Pro, an ORM solution for C# or VB.NET. My company uses it and I personally think it's really quite nice.