I have tried using TeX on windows and then had to shift to linux. I understand many will not have the freedom to choose their operating system at work. I found that many windows editors would insert hidden characters in tex files. Collaborating with persons on Windows became a problem. <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Uwe Lück <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:uwe.lueck@web.de" target="_blank">uwe.lueck@web.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Am Samstag, den 23.03.2013, 05:11 -0400 schrieb Jerry:<br>
<div class="im">> On Sat, 23 Mar 2013 02:45:05 +0100<br>
> Reinhard Kotucha articulated:<br>
> > On 2013-03-22 at 07:24:24 -0400, Jerry wrote:<br>
> > > On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 02:05:06 +0100<br>
> > > Reinhard Kotucha articulated:<br>
> > > > BTW, it's strange to see that if someone doesn't mention the OS<br>
> > > > he's using, everybody assumes that it's Windows. And even after<br>
> > > > you mentioned MacTeX, people suggested to install Windows<br>
> > > > binaries. Sigh! When will Windows users grok that they are not<br>
> > > > alone in the universe?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > No, not alone, but they do occupy 90% of it therefore assuming a<br>
> > > Win/32/64 environment is going to be right the majority of the<br>
> > > time.<br>
> ><br>
> > Don't know where your "90%" comes from.<br>
> ><br>
> > At our local TeX meeting in Hannover there are abt. 10 attendees.<br>
> > Only one of them is using Windows, one is using OS X, everybody else<br>
> > is using Linux.<br>
> ><br>
> > Sorry, I'm not religious. I only believe in what I can see. And I<br>
> > see that only 10% of the TeX users are using Windows.<br>
><br>
> You are using the statistics for a single program. I was referring to<br>
> the fact that 90% of all PC users, use Windows as their primary<br>
> environment.<br>
<br>
</div>Just about statistics: for guessing ("estimating" mathematically)<br>
a poster's OS on the present list, the statistics for that single<br>
program are relevant.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Uwe.<br>
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