I fully agree. The pace of change in Microsoft land is very stressful to developers. They kill off and deprecate multiple technologies and product features each year. Microsoft scrapping DTS sent many database developers back into training classes. Adobe also has a history of killing off products. GoLive, Freehand and Spectra come to mind. Granted, Adobe is nowhere near as bad as Microsoft in this regard.
-Mike Chabot On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Dave Watts <dwa...@figleaf.com> wrote: > > > Microsoft's uncertain commitment to Silverlight is the biggest area of > > concern for many Microsoft developers at present. > > Well, to put this in a larger context, Microsoft has a history of > throwing things out into the marketplace, then dropping them if they > don't go anywhere, or killing them without giving them a chance to > grow, or superseding them with newer incompatible products. > > PlaysForSure > Windows Mobile > ASP 3 > The ASP predecessor (IDX? I forget what it was called) > Visual FoxPro > > Those five are literally off the top of my head, and I happen to have > personal experience with them. So I can see why MS developers might be > a little leery. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on > GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341634 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
