Here’s an excerpt from an email exchange I had with a friend recently:
See, here’s the thing, I’m not a *-guy. I use whatever computer will most easily let me get my work done given the constraints of my environment. That’s why I keep this crappy XP box around for corporate email. If I’m going to edit some video, I’ll use my Mac. If I need to get a server quickly stood up, I’ll slap Ubuntu on it. My goal is the path of least resistance – I really just want to get work done. All OSes have their shortcomings, and instead of harping on them and picking a favorite, I look past the faults and just use the machine. Right now my goal is to try and find a standard set of applications that I can run on any platform (Firefox, Eclipse, etc), so that I can be equally productive regardless of OS.