At 19:47 02-02-99 , Christian Lavoie wrote:
>But as this is a discussion list, I'd like to hear 
>what YOU think about the 'best OS' for HTML/Web 
>developers.

I think the only answer really is ~whatever works for you.~

The issue is one of tools, and what tools work best for the problem at hand.

There is no reason to use only one computer, or one type of system, or at
least none to arbitrarily limit oneself. If the computers are networked, if
they have shared file systems, for example, one can use multiple systems
effectively, and concurrently.

A wide variety of authoring tools exist for any platform, each of which can
make some tasks easier or more effective than others, and also be a real
pain-in-the-whatever for some tasks. Almost every platform comes with
Internet tools to connect with the others [0]

Sometimes I find it easier to put something up on a local Web server, other
times it is easier to just put it onto a remote server with an entirely
different operating system, than to mirror something locally.

By way of analogy, what is the best size wrench to use? ... the one that
fits the bolts and nuts one is turning. Of course, there are issues of box
or open-end or ratchet, but again the answer is vary much a function of the
specific situation.

A somewhat different question would be what are the best wrench sizes to
carry around? Even that question can have several different answers, as the
ones I use on prototype diesels at the railway museum are quite different
from those I expect to use on scale models.

Perhaps the best illustration that one can make do with a lot of situations
is that people on this list report actually getting productive work done on
the Redmond Kid's toy operating system wannabees... despite the lack of
robustness, the lack of security features, and even the lack of the very
features one might expect of any self-respecting operating system... for
some folks it actually seems to work for them.

If it works, use it... if it doesn't, then surely you can do better.

Safe computing,  /Harold

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[0] Following the Redmond lead, I'll leave issues of how to do under
Windows certain otherwise simple things such as telnetd as an ~exercise for
the reader.~
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