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On the utility front, (a Sysinternals tool, just acquired by Microsoft in 2006) replaced the anemic Task Manager. WinRAR was omnipresent for unpacking source code archives. And for the truly hardcore, Cygwin was a massive, slow download that brought a Unix-like environment to Windows—a necessary evil for anyone needing grep , awk , or ssh without a Linux VM.

Downloading a compiler was a distinct event. While Visual Studio included its own, many programmers specifically downloaded (Minimalist GNU for Windows) to get a native port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). For those targeting cross-platform builds, Cygwin’s GCC was the alternative. The real revolution of 2007, however, was the maturation of virtualization. VMware Workstation 6 (released May 2007) and the open-source VirtualBox (originally from InnoTek, version 1.5.0 released September 2007) became essential downloads. For the first time, a programmer could safely download a Linux ISO, spin up a virtual machine on their XP desktop, and test server code without dual-booting. top2007 programmer software download