I have an interview coming up soon for a Business Analyst position and the recruiter mentioned some feedback from a prior candidate that was interviewed who said the interviewers asked him what the difference between a Windows and Linux development environment was.  Are there some high level things I need to be aware of from a business point of view when working with a development team or designing an application on Windows vs Linux?
Difference between Windows and Linux development environments?
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Most of the differences between Windows and Linux should be transparent to you as a business analyst. The major things you should keep in mind are compatibility issues with products someone might have heard of at some conference or something and they want it added to your app. Also look and feel issues can crop up, you can generally tell when Linux things get ported to Windows and vice versa. Otherwise the differences are largely technical and should be able to be handled by the development team.The last thing to keep in mind is that Linux and Windows people behave differently and have different thought processes, looking to Microsoft first for solutions vs looking for open source solutions and customizing from there.