Did you notice the.. ;) ? Anyway, we could talk to no end on what "enterprise caliber application development" really means (if it means anything), but I guess that time is better spend otherwise. :)
Best, Thomas Am 31.01.2007 um 14:24 schrieb Ryan Gahl: > Sorry Thomas, your bashing is becoming a bit annoying now. There > are a lot of comparisons between C# and java out there. C# has > pros, java has pros. .NET in general (no matter which of the many > languages you chose to write against the platform) offers quite a > lot for productivity enhancement that java does not, tooling of > course being one of those. I will not try to enumerate all of this > here though, as others have done it many times over and far better > than I could... > > I'll just say that I'm always amazed when people say .NET is hard > to work with. It's got to be about the easiest thing in the world, > especially if you take into account now all the free tools you can > get (you literally do not need VS.NET full edition anymore with the > various Express packages out there, and can create the same level > application), not to mention community supported starter kits, etc... > > MS definitely takes inspiration from others for things, but they > also innovate quite a lot. It's not the perfect platform, but that > does not exist. > > It's for enterprise caliber application development on a large > scale with minimal effort. Not something anyone is ever going to > attempt with Ruby (at least anyone in their right minds). Yes, java > is a fine alternative if you're not an MS enterprise, but you'll > certainly spend more time implementing and maintaining the > solution. The tradeoff there is short term cost of ownership... > there are a lot of factors, Thomas, that you are either not aware > of or are downplaying quite a bit. > > So anyway, bash away if you must, but it really sounds a bit dumb > after a point. > > On 1/31/07, Thomas Fuchs < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Am 31.01.2007 um 00:22 schrieb RobG: > > > On Jan 31, 4:27 am, Thomas Fuchs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I see that C# doesn't get enough bashing, so here it goes: > > > > Are you bashing C# as a language, or just how MS have used it in > their > > web development tools? > > They could have used Java in the first place, no need to "invent" a > new language. > I guess that's just the NIH thing big companies have. :) > > >> So, now for a Beer 2.0 Liter Ultimate Advanced Edition. ;) > > > > Someone with your nom de plume should know how to spell litre. :-) > > MS is an American company, not British ;) > > > -- > > Rob > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Thomas Fuchs > wollzelle > > http://www.wollzelle.com > > questentier on AIM > madrobby on irc.freenode.net > > http://www.fluxiom.com :: online digital asset management > http://script.aculo.us :: Web 2.0 JavaScript > http://mir.aculo.us :: Where no web developer has gone before > > > > > > http://www.someElement.com > > -- Thomas Fuchs wollzelle http://www.wollzelle.com questentier on AIM madrobby on irc.freenode.net http://www.fluxiom.com :: online digital asset management http://script.aculo.us :: Web 2.0 JavaScript http://mir.aculo.us :: Where no web developer has gone before --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" 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/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
