That&#x27;s sort of the whole point. You can research all you want but UNIX-like OSs will completely preclude your research from actually making a dent in the real world. So the only way you can make long term progress today is by doing your research on Linux or some other free OS. There&#x27;s a ton of money being poured into it. If you come up with faster, more efficient, more secure ways of doing things, you can pretty much guarantee it will be in demand.<p>If you, on the other hand, want to engage in intellectual masturbation for half a decade and not produce anything of value, sure Microsoft is a pretty good place for that.<p>&gt;&gt; JIT is pretty fancy<p>JIT has outlived its usefulness. Name one reason why binaries shouldn&#x27;t be compiled into native code once, when you install them.