I've been using Linux as my primary operating system since 1999. I've also done my best to have a Windows system around as well, regardless of how underpowered the machine running it is. I cut my teeth in IT at a Windows only shop, and managed to become MCP certified, with the intention of getting an MCSE. *yawn* However, then I got my current development job and all the grand plans for certification we out the door (because I only wanted them to get a better job).

The nature of web development, however, means you need to be familiar with many different browsing environments, OS and browser-wise. So yes, I've got a Windows box, and a Windows VM, and a few Windows laptops at work that I use on a regular basis to get full coverage on our development progress.

A Failure to Communicate

We've decided to evaluate the use of WebDAV in our development environment at work. I've done this a few times before, so I'm familiar with how to implement it on the apache side. So I set everything up, and then installed a commandline dav client called cadaver on my machine. It worked like a charm. So then I went over to my Windows box and tried connecting with "Web Folders." However, no matter how hard I tried, the authentication wouldn't work. I tried switching Apache to AuthBasic from AuthDigest and back, to no avail. While looking for another client I could test with, I stumbled across this article, detailing Microsoft's poor DAV client integration. I was finally able to authenticate by adding a "#" at the end of the url to connect to. Intuitive huh?