I realize that the stated topic is a classic example of flame-bait, but it’s still a question which deserves some serious consideration. Is Windows really the best OS for a developer to use? And when I say developer, I mean someone like me who does a nice assortment of Java, Ruby, C++, etc. Obviously, someone who does .NET is probably using Windows (see my previous post), and someone writing Objective-C applications will nine-times-out-of-ten use MacOS X.