On 11/08/2010 09:28 a.m., Stephen Russell wrote: > 2010/8/10 Ricardo Aráoz<[email protected]>: > > >> Problem is when M$ wants to make money at *your* expense. Isn't it? It >> kinda goes against *your* best interests. I mean, every buck M$ makes is >> a buck less for *you* (plus all the bucks you spend "upgrading" to the >> new bs). >> > ----------------------------- > > Sorry but I do not agree. Upgrading brings in new usability and > opportunity matrix. You as a consultant have to explore what is good > for you to leverage and what will require refactoring in your code > base to continue working. >
Up to a point you are right. So long as *I* have the choice about this "new usability". But if I don't need the new features I don't see why would I go to the expense of upgrading (unless, of course, I'm forced by the classic M$ maneuver). > >> Until you are not allowed to use ruby with .Net any more. Then you'll >> start paying for your choices, you'll have to replace the .Net libraries >> in your ruby code or replace your ruby code around the .Net libraries >> (and both choices will cost you money). I say that makes no business sense. >> > -------------------------- > > Or you make an event driven application and you message between ruby > and .net and whatever else you need to work with. Sorry but nobody is > tightly bound like you are suggesting. > > So you mean that my business and db layer might also be done in normal ruby (you ask me to decouple the .Net libraries)?. Then why would I bother with .Net in the first place? Only for the GUI? Are you saying GUI is the only thing .Net is good for? And if you are not saying that, then it means I'll be using .Net specific code *inside* my business layer too. And probably my db layer will also use some .Net, no matter how decoupled it is from the other two layers (unless you are suggesting a whole new layer just for the use of .Net specific stuff, which I think would be silly). So I´ll eventually be in a world of pain as I had originally described. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
