SPUG: Re: Results of Unix vs Windows Survey

[Richard Anderson]

After some crude data-mining, I noticed that only 25% of the programmers
that use Perl on Unix use Perl on some other platform, whereas 40% of the
programmers that use Perl on Windows use Perl on some other platform.  How
should this be interpreted?  Here are some ideas:

1.  Windows is a more limited platform than Unix, so programmers who would
prefer to program on Windows only must use Unix for some tasks that Windows
doesn't perform well on.

2.  Windows programmers are more adaptable and flexible than Unix
programmers, and are more open to working on an unfamiliar platform.  (Or
conversely, Unix programmers have an irrational hatred/fear of Windows.)

3.  It is fairly easy (and free) to convert and Windows desktop into a
dual-boot Windows/Linux desktop, whereas it is difficult and expensive to
get a Windows environment (via Citrix Metaframe, etc.) on a commercial Unix
(Solaris, AIX, hp-ux) desktop.

Any thoughts?

Richard Anderson
Software Professional
Email: starfire at zipcon.net

Webmaster and Board Member
Seattle Unix Users Group, http://www.seaslug.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Asim Jalis" <asimjalis at yahoo.com>
To: <spug-list at pm.org>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 12:26 PM
Subject: SPUG: Results of Unix vs Windows Survey


> Here are the results:
>
> 49 TOTAL RESPONSES   = 100.0%
> 40 UNIX              =  81.6%
> 15 WINDOWS           =  30.6%
> 30 UNIX ONLY         =  61.2%
> 9  WINDOWS ONLY      =  18.4%
> 6  UNIX AND WINDOWS  =  12.2%
> 4  UNIX AND MAC      =   8.2%
>
> About 30% of the people use Windows either
> 100% or around 50% of the time at work for
> Perl development. About 80% use Unix at
> least 50% of the time or more. About 18%
> use Perl in a pure Windows environment
> with no use of Unix which is interesting.
>
> Incidentally most of the Windows responses
> came in yesterday morning. The Unix responses
> came in later in the day and then also today.
> I didn't quantify the pattern, but it is
> possible that Windows users check their
> e-mail more regularly or at least respond
> more quickly than Unix users.
>
>
> Asim
>
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