why Unix?

[Saaa]

> Saaa wrote:
>> Thanks,
>> I really do feel impaired. Not so much as in that I don't use unix, but 
>> more in that I see software lagging behind hardware.
>> I think maybe this lag is a bit less when using unix but only if I would 
>> start using the right tools (yes I'm a mouse fanatic and found it 
>> surprisingly stupid that 'save all' needed a plugin to appear as a gui 
>> button in eclipse)
>> At least for my current project I don't see any advantage in using a unix 
>> based os. Mind you that I've never had the need to write a single .bat 
>> file for any of my projects.
>
> Me neither. Later I realized that of course I wouldn't be thinking of 
> painting the walls when I was living in a yurt.
>
> Andrei

The analogy is kind of strange :) Which is the painting and which is the 
yurt?

I meant to say that my projects are quite simplistic in that last sentence.
So I guess my projects are the yurt :)