Thank you Ian, and others for your gratitude but I actually did very
little.
It was the people who took time to respond that made it all happen.
Nice to hear from you Ian, take care.
Scott,
On Aug-6-2008, at 2:52 PM, Ian Daniel wrote:
Nice piece of work, Scott.
On behalf of all of us, thank you ...
By the way, 49 responses within a day is absolutely excellent for
this type
of survey. And, it's not totally indicative of the number of
developers.
Meaning, I'm sure that I was the only one of several at my company
that
responded, and lots of individual programmers are too busy on
projects to
respond.
On the subject of open source, I am convinced that Phil intends to
follow
through in making the product into something that will sustain life
well
into the future. I'm also certain that legalities contribute to
slowing
that process down, especially in the realm of international
copyright law.
On the subject of programming languages, we are all well-advised to be
conversant in 2-3 languages, and the two other languages that, in my
experience, open the most doors, are .NET and PHP. I have come
across many
companies that insist on one of those, but I only hear an insistence
on Java
in utilities, banks and government. I dislike those environments,
due to
the typically long sales cycle involved.
As for availability of Witango programmers, I can hire a
proficient .NET
programmer, and within about 3 concentrated days, they will be 90%
conversant with Witango, because of its programming constructs and
visual
development interface. The converse is not true.
Just thoughts ... and also thought it was time for me to post
something,
so's you all don't think I bailed.
Over and out,
Ian
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Cadillac [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 9:39 AM
To: Witango-Talk
Subject: Witango-Talk: Observations on Survey results
Hi All,
The survey has reached 49 responses, a very respectable number.
Congratulations everyone.
http://freeonlinesurveys.com/viewresults.asp?c=x4jovb5l0cv4h6y469661
Note, I think the survey system only lets you see the first 50
responses.
For more you have to buy a monthly subscription.
An observation that I think is interesting, is that the number of
people
coding on a particular platform for their Editor/Studio does not
directly
match the Server platform they deploy to. As well, the majority of
choice
for an alternate technology platform (Linux) also do not match the
platform
most considered stable for Witango (Windows).
I think what that says is that Witango programmers are less
concerned about
the Operating System they use, and more interested in stability and
options.
Personally I think that's a great attribute for a good programmer or
service
provider - by focusing on the solution and not letting yourself get
hung up
on the logistics. Of course, some might say the same should be said
about
our choice of programming languages too.
Also, I see the interest in Java based options (both current and as an
alternate technology) being very low - yet, a lot of people are
planning to
move to version 6 which is apparently java-based. Does that mean we
trust
Java more as an application platform than as a coding environment?
Just
curious.
In hindsight I know I could have worded things a little differently,
but
mostly I wish I had added another option for Question 10 (What do
you use or
see as a workable transition platform?) as "Not interested in moving
away
from Witango". But for being a spur of the moment thing, I think it
all
worked out pretty well. Thank you.
Take care.
Scott,
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