Phil from Flying Chair has decided to switch from Windows to OS X.
This guy’s a web developer and writes Apache/PHP/Perl/MySQL if I’m not mistaken. I’ve got to say that OS X has a lovely developer environment (although I’ve never coded any PHP). Installing MySQL on a new mac is a breeze and apache and perl are included as standard anyway.
I give him about 3 days after purchase before he starts posting about how cool it all is. My uncle was a windows user for about 10 years before I finally got him hooked on the X-Code Developer Environment and OS X - now he can’t stop talking about how great it is. He’s currently running a sweet Dual 1.8ghz G5 Powermac.
Given that Phil mostly codes for web platforms OS X seems like the logical choice to me (although Linux obviously has a strong place in the market), just look at the latest Apache convention - nearly all the attendees were running OS X on powerbooks.
Welcome to the Mac Phil!
Oh and check out Applescript if you get the time - it’s one of the hidden treasures of OS X.
Later
John
Posted by John Swaine at November 22, 2004 08:36 PM | TrackBack