[furtivefelon]

here is a good link to learn about unix culture: http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu/ - the art of unix programming

and here is a good link to learn how to be a good hacker (as in programmer): http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html - how to become a hacker

TheHeadFL - i would wonder why windows programers don't provide a better environment for themselves.. mmm.. and yes, they could have one, but the triditional culture is repulsive of unnecessary coding.. especially a library programmed in system languages such as C, it doesn't provide a good environment to program GUIs at all.. when you go to any hard core unix forum, and even the mention of GUI based installer will turn into a flame war :|

the short answer: they don't need it