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It depends what you mean under "professional"... an individual that 
pushes buttons for a wage, having no clue about what's actually 
happening underneath, or an individual that knows his business in, and out?
The definition in my book is the second one, and I met many "amateurs" 
(aka hobbyists, with a passion for a certain domain, with deep 
knowledge, but not necessarily their main income source) which 
outclassed most "professionals".

If you appreciate more the "point and click" features to "program" 
something rapidly, without any control of the generated code, you're 
better served with the nicely integrated toys for windumb & co.

Ever wondered why low latency audio is working nicely on linux 
(eventually with the appropriate kernel settings, if you intend to load 
the system heavily), and is such a nightmare on windoze? Or why 
microsuxx castrated the network bandwidth usage (btw, a very 
"professional" solution) when a multimedia application is running under 
Vista 1, 2 (aka 7), or 3 (aka 8)?


On 8/7/2013 12:03 AM, Alberto di Bene wrote:
> On 8/6/2013 5:12 AM, Chris Albertson wrote:
>
>> /It depends of it you want to be the kind of ham who understands
>> radios and
>> can build and design them or the kind who would have never remove the
>> cover
>> off his commercial built radio. Linux is the best OS for developers and
>> those who like to build gear. Windows is better for the "appliance user"
>> crowd./
>
> When I developed Winrad and my other SDR programs, a few years ago, I
> examined which
> were the tools available to a serious developer.
>
> My conclusion was that under Windows you could find professional tools,
> geared towards
> professional developments. What was available under Linux were little
> more than toys,
> meant for the hobbyists and the tinkerers. For example, at the time I
> was unable to find
> under Linux a development environment with the features and the power of
> the Embarcadero
> Rad Studio, which is what I use. This made me to choose Windows as my
> main platform.
>
> 73 Alberto I2PHD
>
>
>
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