[OSM-newbies] Which Operating System

[Russ Nelson]

On Mar 16, 2009, at 5:37 AM, henning at kaagmortensen.de wrote:

> I have got the impression, that a lot on the OMS Scene seems to be  
> Linux based.
>
> As I can choose to invest in either windows or Linux, I would like  
> to know which of those two OS is most appropriate to with respect to  
> OSM (and Routing). Any recommendations here?

Linux is more developer-friendly, which means that you'll see more  
capable programs on Linux sooner.  BUT precisely because it *is*  
developer-friendly, you'll see less attention paid to usability  
issues.  BUT if you're writing a program for an embedded device, you  
have full control over the user experience, so you can control the  
usability.

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