managed to write this whole chapter on desktop GIS without mentioning that the reason Esri only runs on Windows machines is they went all in on COM architecture and I guess they thought Apple was too niche, is this a thing anyone else will care about
@ingrid I think it's important because it really reinforces the ESRI-open source divide. (and selfishly, it's why I've never had a chance to learn the ESRI toolchain)
@ingrid Everything I do know about the ESRI stack makes me happy to be working on the other side of that divide. But it is frustrating how many interesting job postings call for ESRI-specific experience and I can't get that experience without first having a job that would give me access to the software.