Several times over the past decade, I've tried switching to Linux and failed. This time, I've been using Ubuntu on my personal machines for about two years, however, I'll be switching to windows 7 when it comes out. It's the same old story of wasted time and busted software.
In the c++ realm, autotools are an abomination and autotools based builds are orders of magnitude slower than vc++. I can live with this, but the available IDE's are either busted or time wasters. Anjuta is unstable and kdevelop is complicated and doesn't like working with custom autotools files. Even the visual studio 6.0 debugger doesn't work with current versions of Wine.
I also develop with c# and.net. Mono itself works fairly well, but MonoDevelop continues to disappoint. For reasons unknown, the debugger recently stopped working after a system update and the latest sources in SVN don't work either. MonoDevelop might be useful someday, and Novel might be able to turn this into a profit center, but I'm tired of waiting.
The reality of management is that it's a game where winners move up and losers are destroyed. Winning the game requires forming a team that moves up with you as well as undermining your competitors. Unless you've recently acquired a "friend" in management, you're probably not really joining management. Maybe a manager created an architect position to move a supporter into, but rival managers have team up to block the move with a non-player. Maybe their following the Roman model for dealing with problem people by "let him be promoted and removed." Maybe your technical work is being obsoleted and it's a sympathy position.
Anyway, if you want to know how management really works, I recommend a movie called "In the company of men."
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Several times over the past decade, I've tried switching to Linux and failed. This time, I've been using Ubuntu on my personal machines for about two years, however, I'll be switching to windows 7 when it comes out. It's the same old story of wasted time and busted software.
.net. Mono itself works fairly well, but MonoDevelop continues to disappoint. For reasons unknown, the debugger recently stopped working after a system update and the latest sources in SVN don't work either. MonoDevelop might be useful someday, and Novel might be able to turn this into a profit center, but I'm tired of waiting.
In the c++ realm, autotools are an abomination and autotools based builds are orders of magnitude slower than vc++. I can live with this, but the available IDE's are either busted or time wasters. Anjuta is unstable and kdevelop is complicated and doesn't like working with custom autotools files. Even the visual studio 6.0 debugger doesn't work with current versions of Wine.
I also develop with c# and
The reality of management is that it's a game where winners move up and losers are destroyed. Winning the game requires forming a team that moves up with you as well as undermining your competitors. Unless you've recently acquired a "friend" in management, you're probably not really joining management. Maybe a manager created an architect position to move a supporter into, but rival managers have team up to block the move with a non-player. Maybe their following the Roman model for dealing with problem people by "let him be promoted and removed." Maybe your technical work is being obsoleted and it's a sympathy position. Anyway, if you want to know how management really works, I recommend a movie called "In the company of men."