I used to be in a company that was developing _desktop software exclusively for Linux_ (not multiplatform at all -- Gtk+ based!), and they all (even the developers) used Windows workstations. They would use Windows conferencing software, Windows PIM, Windows mail clients, Windows WWW browsers, Windows IDEs. But all of them would religiously VNC into a Linux server somewhere just to test the tool they were writing. Which they would screencast to fellow developers using Windows software. Nowadays, they likely use Teams (still for Windows).
No one developer found this bizarre. They all claimed it was the same in competitors or previous jobs.
When I asked IT "can I get a laptop with Linux, not Windows?" the response was "but how will you run Outlook?".
I used to be in a company that was developing _desktop software exclusively for Linux_ (not multiplatform at all -- Gtk+ based!), and they all (even the developers) used Windows workstations. They would use Windows conferencing software, Windows PIM, Windows mail clients, Windows WWW browsers, Windows IDEs. But all of them would religiously VNC into a Linux server somewhere just to test the tool they were writing. Which they would screencast to fellow developers using Windows software. Nowadays, they likely use Teams (still for Windows).
No one developer found this bizarre. They all claimed it was the same in competitors or previous jobs.
When I asked IT "can I get a laptop with Linux, not Windows?" the response was "but how will you run Outlook?".
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