I am starting to get concerned about Tor's mental health. This concern has been building for the last few episodes and has been cemented in the latest newscast.
First, let me make my case. Ask your self the following questions: - If Tor went to work for Symantec to revive Visual Cafe, would he proclaim it as the world's best IDE? - If Tor went to work for IBM, would he proclaim CP/M to be the best operating system due to it's 'openness' and 'simplicity'? - If Tor went to work for Microsoft, would he carry a windows 95 tablet pc? Would he claim that it, too, was better than an ipad due to the flexibility of having a DOS prompt, the ability to easily install viruses from any vendor, and the superior input resolution of a stylus? - If Tor went to work for Sybase, would he, even after discovering that PowerJ only supports tabs, still proclaim it to be the best development platform in the world? Would he volunteer to deliver keynotes to empty rooms of PowerJ developers? - If Tor, went to work for Mid America Novelties(http://goo.gl/LY11) would he proclaim the "beer hat" (http://goo.gl/4apwN) to be most important improvement to development in the last 15 years? --hmmm, that might be true If you answered YES to more than one of the questions, then ask yourself if Tor is not suffering from paycheck fanboy-ism? My concern is that this could quickly develop into Paranoid IDEophrenia. If anyone notices him looking over his shoulder often and mumbling things like 'netbeans is watching' or 'i think those people over there are from jetbrains' then you should be concerned. He may start sneaking up to people's unlocked laptops and deleting the other IDEs. Be very careful. If we can catch it soon enough, we may be able to help. Plan: His friends should force Tor to switch IDEs weekly. He should also have to change platforms on a monthly basis. We have to break his deeply held beliefs that "there can be only one" (his highlander view of systems). The only way is to turn him into Dick (an IDE slut). YOU can make a difference by helping this valued member of our community. Don't let him descend into the deep, dark places of IDE hell. Once there, the only recovery involves commitment and rubber keyboards without tab keys. I've seen it many times and it is terribly sad. Don't sit idly by and watch this happen. Take action now! Tongue firmly planted in check ;), LES -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
