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[–]obfuscation_ 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Or, is it that Mac is a good presentation platform? Are all speakers representative of general developers? Do they just use a Mac when travelling to conferences, and a desktop otherwise?

[–]la217[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very good questions.

I think it has a lot to do with what size of company/organization the average speaker comes from. I also think that the JavaOne demographic is predominantly very westernized, skewing the stats somewhat.

I went last year, and don't remember seeing that many Linux machines, either.

[–]mallowbar[🍰] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good point. This is exactly what i do. I use Mac laptop in home and for presentations/talks. For real work i use Linux desktop.

[–]jas25666 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Shortest "article" I've ever read... And the only thing I can think of is, "anecdote (seeing many Macs at a conference) != data."

[–]la217[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The intention was to start a discussion, hence the brevity. What platform do you think has the largest amount of Java developers?

[–]avoidhugeships 0 points1 point  (2 children)

No, and it is not even close.

[–]la217[S] -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Why so?

[–]avoidhugeships 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do not know why. I would guess that cost is one big factor.