The vast majority of apps in this world is some type of automation of human workflows with forms. And I'm not seeing any signs that Google is offering to help us with that challenge.
Playing with Google Code is a bit like riding a moped: It's fun for the first five minutes, but you can't actually get on the highway and go anywhere, unless you are building very specific applications. But Salesforce.com claims to now have : "the world’s first multitenant, on-demand platform, Apex is the no-software, no-hardware approach to application creation, customization, integration, and management that has been embraced by more than 29,800 organizations around the globe." http://www.salesforce.com/uk/platform/ This is interesting, but like anything canned, once you want to do something that the 'framework' does not provide, you could be in big trouble. Let's just keep making appfuse better. What would be really great is a plugin system like what Plone and Wordpress has where you could put new functionality into your existing appfuse application. Peder :) PS. How do you find the time to answer all these emails Matt??!!!? Are you currently umemployed? I might be able to help you find something ;) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matt Raible Sent: March 15,2007 11:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [appfuse-user] Danger from Google Apps? I wouldn't worry about it - there's more important stuff to worry about like what you're doing for FAC (Friday Afternoon Club) and if your kids will be potty trained before they're 4. ;-) Seriously, when's the last time you developed an e-mail, spreadsheet or word-processing application for a company? I never have and never plan to. Companies will always need custom-built applications - maybe even moreso in the future. I think this blog post sums it up well. http://mark-watson.blogspot.com/2007/03/future-of-programming-and-it-jobs.html Matt On 3/15/07, maskkkk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a question for Matt. > > I read an article online the other day the troubled me. > > It was about how many web developers were afraid that the introduction of > http://services.google.com/apps/resources/overviews_breeze/DocsSpreadsheets/index.html > Google Apps would probably kill off J2EE web application development. > > Since Matt is much smarter than me and tends to know where the trends of > technology are going, I was just wondering if he knew if > http://services.google.com/apps/resources/overviews_breeze/DocsSpreadsheets/index.html > Google Apps might be a threat or not. > > Thank you, > (a very troubled) > Andrew J. Leer > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Danger-from-Google-Apps--tf3408007s2369.html#a9493380 > Sent from the AppFuse - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- http://raibledesigns.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail originates from the City of Ottawa e-mail system. Any distribution, use or copying of this e-mail or the information it contains by other than the intended recipient(s) is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify me at the telephone number shown above or by return e-mail and delete this communication and any copy immediately. Thank you. Le présent courriel a été expédié par le système de courriels de la Ville d'Ottawa. Toute distribution, utilisation ou reproduction du courriel ou des renseignements qui s'y trouvent par une personne autre que son destinataire prévu est interdite. Si vous avez reçu le message par erreur, veuillez m'en aviser par téléphone (au numéro précité) ou par courriel, puis supprimer sans délai la version originale de la communication ainsi que toutes ses copies. Je vous remercie de votre collaboration.
