[OT] Re: There's new GIT instructions on Github now

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Andrei Alexandrescu" <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote in message 
news:ir67mk$2jfi$1 at digitalmars.com...
> On 5/20/11 2:33 AM, Don wrote:
>> You've really got to be a fanboy to claim that git is supported on
>> Windows. Sure, it "works" -- in the same way that hammering a nail with
>> a rock "works".
>
> Fanboyism for Windows or git? :o)
>
> I'm not surprised in the least. I was just remarking to Walter the other 
> day that Unix has become the path of least resistance for doing 
> programming-at-large and in particular OSS kind of work, just the same as 
> Windows is for office computing and OSX and portable derivatives for 
> computer-based entertainment.
>
> The confusing part is that roughly all OSs offer (at least nominally) 
> means for achieving most any given typical task, so comparing in terms of 
> "has/doesn't have" is not relevant. It's the many little differences and 
> nuances that add up to a long tail. So it's not surprising that 
> git/Windows has many issues, just the same it's not surprising that people 
> are having trouble playing media or using OpenOffice on Unixen.
>

I realize you're not actually accusing him of Windows fanboyism, but that 
trouble with media, etc on Unix brings up an interesting issue: Unix users 
have a real, legitimate complaint regarding those problems. And when they 
voice those complaints nobody would ever even consider dismissing that as 
Unix fanboyism. And when those Unix users accuse various companies of 
playing Windows favoritism: Well, they're absolutely right. It *is* 
inexcusable Windows favoritism.

But OTOH, when a Unix program has a shoddy "port" to Windows, and Windows 
users complain, all of a sudden there are people (not necessarily you) that 
push back with what basically amounts to "What the hell are you whining 
about? Either shut up and use it or switch to Linux."

It really reminds me of the old crusades: The Linux side feels it has the 
moral high ground (and frankly, I can't totally disagree), but then ends up 
using that to excuse going around employing whatever normally-questionable 
tactics they damn well feel like using.