Re^3: Coping with changes

As for PowerShell, that's only relevant to Windows developers and sysadmins, though I'm surprised you never heard of it,

I started my computer life on a Unix box. Never looked back. Haven't used Windows long enough to even know how to install something on such a box, let alone be a developer or sysadmin on it. Never owned a device running Windows, never had a box with Windows on my desk at $WORK. Or any previous @WORK.

I did once port a 1500 line shell script I wrote to Windows though (I had someone else to deploy and run it for me). But that required only a single line change (yeah, POSIX).

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Re^4: Coping with changes by deMize (Monk) on Aug 02, 2010 at 05:00 UTC
While your experience is a testament to many UNIX/Linux users, I would not admit to that. It's good to be well versed in all major environments. One day something might come along and you might be forced to use a particular platform or tool (business requirements, legislation, buyouts, etc) I would hate to have to learn some of this from scratch. Demize	[reply]
Re^5: Coping with changes by JavaFan (Canon) on Aug 08, 2010 at 12:59 UTC
I would hate to have to learn some of this from scratch. Any time you learn something new, you start from scratch. Whether I would learn Window now, whenever "it's needed" (if that ever happens), or if I would have learned Windows when it first came out. IMO, there's little value in investing time and money in learning something I'm not likely to ever use. (Heh, I haven't had a need for it ever since it came on the market, and retirement is looming along the horizon).	[reply]
Re^6: Coping with changes by Argel (Prior) on Aug 10, 2010 at 19:38 UTC
Not to mention that Windows, Visual Studio, etc. change over time. If you do not expect to use them then no harm in waiting till you have to. The only exception would be any interesting new tech or ways of doing things. PowerShell is potentially interesting because it's similar to how AREXX worked on the Amiga (but then you could also just read up on how AREXX was used and avoid Windows stuff! :-) Elda Taluta; Sarks Sark; Ark Arks	[reply]