Re: [forge-dev] What to do about our little Windows joke...?

Dan, yes I completely agree with you! Yes, windows shell sucks. I know it because I've used bash/zsh. But can I as a windows user do something about currently? No, not really (except for switching of course). I tried installing alternative consoles for windows (console/cygwin/powerlshell/tcc) but they still suck, mostly speed and integration (or the lack of there of). PowerShell is even slower than cygwin and it still sucks, basically because some of the commands are not compatible. Forge autocompletion is not working correctly in neither of those but it works fine on my ubuntu. I curretnly use msys which comes with git bundle for windows. And no matter what shell I use, I still see that joke. Again, do I want to be reminded that I made a bad choice 5 years ago when I bought a pc instead of a mac? No, not really. Am I reading too much into it? Yes, that's probably true and it is my problem. I am trying not to read too much into it, but the more IT guys I talk to, the more and more I hear this: "windows is only for dotNET devs or average users. Real devs use mac/linux". And the famous 37signals quote comes into mind: "we never hire a developer who doesn't use mac." I like the idea "windows command line? really?" a lot better because then I don't have this association when I see it: windows = sucks => you are a windows user = you suck instead I see: windows cmd sucks => yes, that's true! :) I realize it all might sound winy and childish. That was not my intention though. The question is: how many unhappy devs who use windows are out there? Do some of them feel similar? P.S. If it's too much bullshit, just ignore it. Consider it inexperienced student's ramblings. I am just trying to express my opinion and not "fight" against uber-cool devs like you guys. On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Dan Allen <dan.j.allen(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: