Josh Coffman wrote:
> Here's my dirty little secret. I'm a windows
>developer. I'm pretty good at it and make a good
>living. I've switched to linux at home(except a dual
>boot for some side-work) mostly because I was tired of
>MS annoyances, the cost, and I was generally curious.
>
>
>
Developers generally find the MS most irrating. The reason being that
when you run into a bug/issue you can't "fix" it. On an open platform
you can fix or at least narrow down the nuisances.
> One area I've still see MS more favorably is in
>development. Part of that is because I've been doing
>it for a little while. (Ok, maybe more than a little.)
>While I like Eclipse, I haven't seen dev tools that
>come close to Visual Studio even with it's stupid
>annoyances. Although, CVS has got to be better than
>SourceSafe; that's what I call crap.
>
>
>
Visual Studio is nice for point and click type of development, but for
more hard core development you can't beat a raw editor like vi or
emacs. Currently emacs, python, postgres work fairly well for me. Add
php, ruby on rails and other tools there is plenty of choice.
> Also, I have no idea how one would earn a living in
>linux other than network or server admin stuff. So
>please educate me. What do people use develop apps?
>What sort of salaries or contract rates are out there?
>Anyone else ever made the switch from MS-dev to linux
>dev?
>
>
>
See above. Currently our company uses python, php, mysql, postgres and
other free software tools to develop supply chain / warehouse management
software and other applications. General contract rates can vary from
$30 to $200/hr depending on the type of work. Generally we see it in
the $50 to $100/hr range.
You might want to try mono develop and mono. I have done some playing
around with it and it seems rather capable.
I made the transition about 7 years ago. I was a win32 programmer using
mostly Delphi.
--
Derek Neighbors
Integrum Technologies
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