in reply to Re^3: Coping with changes in thread Coping with changes
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.
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Re^5: Coping with changes
by JavaFan (Canon) on Aug 08, 2010 at 12:59 UTC
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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).
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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! :-)
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