You're right, I think IDEA will be much more widely used if they would do something to help us impress the managers.
Of course IDEA it's the best thing you can get, but the managers would still prefer to pay for something like Symantec or IBM or SUN... --- "P. Ansari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I personally like the idea. The main thing people > seem to criticize about > IDEA is the slow GUI. If the plugin used SWT this > should speed up IDEA quite > a bit (and it makes it look more professional to > manager-type guys who are > making the purchasing decisions.). > > But of course there is the disadvantage of SWT no > being very cross-platform > at the moment...but this should change soon. > > Just me 2 Euro Cents > > > "m b" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > >Yes, no, and no, it is in fact one of the > stupidest ideas suggested here > > >(and that's saying something). > > Why is it stupid? In what ways specifically? > Please back up your claims > with > > something more than a hunch. > > > > >Exactly what would IDEA gain by becoming a > > >subset of a smaller, inferior product, that has a > lot more inertia, > > >terrible > > >cross-platform support, and busily playing > catchup to IDEA? > > First, I don't think you understand what Eclipse > actually is. It is > > specifically designed for every sofware company > and open source developer > on > > the planet to plug their development products > into, without spending a > cent > > on the licensing, and knowing that everyone else > will be doing the same > > thing. Get it? Still not worried? > > Are you aware of anything that has ever happened > in history? The > "strongest, > > best, biggest, fastest" is ALWAYS superceded by > something. As I mentioned, > > IBM and several other "major players" are putting > their resources into > > Eclipse. > > > > >Incredibly enough, I doubt one of the primary > goals of JetBrains is to > help > > >Ecplise uptake/support/growth. Crazy eh? > > In order for JetBrains to help > Eclipse/uptake/support/growth people would > > have to be using the plugin, and hence BUYING the > plugin. So people would > be > > PAYING Jetbrains and USING their product which is > what they probably want. > > Crazy eh? > > > > I love Idea, and I was hoping for some actual > insight in this discussion. > > > > -mark > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print > your photos: > > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Eap-features mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.jetbrains.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Eap-features mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.jetbrains.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features
