On 2 March 2012 09:47, Marco Leise <Marco.Leise@gmx.de> wrote:
Am 01.03.2012, 21:26 Uhr, schrieb Jacob Carlborg <doob@me.com>:


On 2012-03-01 15:40, Marco Leise wrote:
Since everyone loves polls, and the question comes up now and then: What
is your main development platform for D ?

http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=4f4f7d25c2e1b0e40b0ac494

Why bundle Linux and FreeBSD in one option?

I considered the two 'similar enough' from a point of view of architecture and organization to merge them (aka Unix-like). I admit, that I never used FreeBSD though.
Anyway the numbers nicely show, that neither Windows nor Linux(-compatible) are underrepresented in the D community. My personal opinion is that the number of Windows users is actually low, considering its market share and other surveys like this: http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2010/10/27/developer-os-preferences/

But we knew that already, because most of the D devs are linux guys, and D does not present a good experience to Windows users. I can personally point to numerous friends/colleagues who tried out D and turned away within a few hours because the Windows experience was so weak.
Windows support should be prioritised BECAUSE Windows numbers are low, not because there's perceived to be no demand on that platform.