Comment by oliwarner

8 years ago

If you think PuTTY is even half the environment bash+ssh is, you probably won't understand what the people buying Macbooks, or using Linux directly on Whatever{books,tops,pads}™ are getting from their choice.

Not trying to be condescending, but it seems to need highlighting that just having SSH access isn't enough.

Not to mention that these other environments have offered other benefits [especially] to developers looking for a programming environment that works for them. The VS.Net IDE-play-button approach to automating testing and deployment doesn't scale for everybody.

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efdee  8 years ago

Or maybe some people just need PuTTY for the SSH stuff, because they feel Powershell is superior to bash and related Unix shells.

  • oliwarner  8 years ago

    You missed a bit.

    > the people buying Macbooks, or using Linux directly [...]

    ... don't give two hoots about Powershell. Sorry, but I did limit what I was saying to describe people not using Windows.

    • efdee  8 years ago

      Technically the "you" in your statement is not the same person/people as "the people buying Macbooks or using Linux directly". But I see what you mean. Hopefully you also see what I mean - that nobody in their right minds would think that PuTTY is trying to be bash+ssh. PuTTY is the ssh part of that combination, and there are plenty of options to cover for the bash part too.

      PS: From the fact that you refer to Visual Studio as "VS.Net", I take it that you haven't been in Microsoftland for a while. No serious developer uses these "play-buttons" to do their automated testing and/or deployment.

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politician  8 years ago

Exactly; bash+ssh comes with decent options for terminal-based text editing. That's a huge win over Notepad and friends.