On Aug 9, 2010, at 9:07 AM, Stephen Russell wrote:
> If I wanted to do ruby programming I wouldn't think to do it in IRON.
> Not in the least. Same reason I wouldn't run an Oracle DB on Windows
> 200x.
>
> Maybe M$ got the same set of signals that I get form VS dev houses who
> are showing off Ruby/Rails apps these days?
You've got it backwards: Microsoft went out and actively promoted the
DLR to both businesses and the community. They had several speakers at each of
the last 3 PyCons, for example. It wasn't a matter of a Ruby programmer
suddenly wanting to work in .Net; it was Microsoft telling businesses to go
ahead and hire those Ruby/Python guys, because they can continue to work in the
language they are proficient in, while at the same time the company continues
to run their business on .Net.
It's not that Microsoft suddenly realized that something was underfoot
and they put a stop to it; rather, Microsoft preached one thing loudly for
years, and then, without warning or explanation, did a 180 and left the poor
suckers who actually took Microsoft at its word in the dust.
> There is always change in IT. You have adapted well and stayed ahead
> of the change as others have. You don't take it personally.
It's not change; it's the deception; the bait-and-switch. Microsoft has
done that for as long as I've been involved with that company, so I no longer
believe a word that they say, and no longer use their products. It's not change
in the sense of iterative improvement; it's change for the sake of generating
new SKUs, new license terms and new revenue.
> Kodak stopped making slide film. STOP THE WORLD! What is this
> business doing to those photographers?
It amazes me how you consistently present backwards analogies. Kodak
didn't abandon photographers; photographers abandoned Kodak (and film in
general). Kodak actually tried to keep the film business alive, and lost a lot
of money as a result. Hardly what I would call analogous behavior to Microsoft.
> Business makes decisions for the business interest. Always has and
> always will. Fact of life and not sure why you think it is different.
I don't think differently; that's why I don't buy into Microsoft's
lies. But there are new generations of developers coming along who haven't yet
been burned by their lies, and these are the people who are up the creek.
-- Ed Leafe
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