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What is "Must possess expert knowledge (development and application) in multiple OS?"

 
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What would "Must possess expert knowledge (development and application) in multiple operating systems." mean?

"development and application" of Operating systems?

This is in the context of the main requirement of "Two or more years of software development experience including VB, HTML/DHTML, and C++ in a PC Windows environment."

That's an interesting mix.
 
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I'd take the requirement at face value - they're asking for candidates who have experience doing development on multiple OS's.

My reading of the requirements - I would ask HR for a clarification if that's possible - would be such that they're primarily interested in doing development on Windows, but are also interested in development for Mac or Linux/Unix and are therefore looking for developers with substantial experience in those areas.
 
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+1 on what Theodore said. I often see companies doing backend development on Windows, frontend development on Macs, while the deployment happens on Linux/Unix. In these circumstances it helps to have a solid grasp of all environments. Not sure it needs to be "expert", though.

Cross-platform skills are particularly important for web development, where one should be familiar with non-IE browsers and non-Windows platforms.
 
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