<i>&gt; Maybe the developer in question needs other software to do their job and some of that software only runs on a certain OS.</i><p>This can&#x27;t be understated. How about, say, accessibility software? There&#x27;s a reason that, say, visually impaired developers very often use Windows: because the accessibility tools are really, really good.<p>But, naturally, it&#x27;s just not <i>understanding the beauty of Unix</i>. Ick.