December 15, 2003

Cultural differences between Unix and Windows programmers

Joel posted an excellent article entitled "Biculturalism", in which he discusses the cultural differences between Unix programmers and Windows programmers. Being that I come from both backgrounds, I can seriously relate to this, and appreciated the insight.

I found this quote interesting:

There are many details and subtleties, but for the most part it comes down to one thing: Unix culture values code which is useful to other programmers, while Windows culture values code which is useful to non-programmers.

You will need to read the article to see what thats about. :)

Posted by SilverStr at December 15, 2003 01:00 PM | TrackBack