My last company sucked, but the guys I worked
with were cool. The management wanted loyalty but
didn't do anything to earn it. After I couldn't
take it anymore and decided to leave, I offered
to stay for 30 days in order to help wrap up the
current projects. I was hoping that this would
make the process easier on the guys that I worked
with. When I told my boss, he said that I had to
leave that day! So the team ended up doubly
f@#*ed because I wasn't even able to transfer
any knowledge to them. Man. Loyalty sucks, I say
split and try to help your friends from your new
job.
-Rev.
I'm not so sure about this. I worked on the development of several ecommerce apps, and I have never seen WebTV get any consideration in the development process. It always gets mentioned in the beginning, but when the numbers come in and the percentages are less then 1% it just gets left out. If the site ends up being WebTV compliant, it's like a little surprise bonus.
Has anyone else come across this mentality?
I have to agree with vluther, the standard is only the standard until something better comes along. You can rest assured that if the kiddies on napster can get their nsync 50% faster they will do it.
There are some very well known cases where the better technonlgy does not win out (beta video format for example), but I think that as fast as our industry moves, and as young as MP3 is as a technology, it will be vulnerable to evolutionary forces.
Hell even Windows, the mother of all institutionalized forces, is starting to feel the effects of technology evolution. If a big daddy like windows can be effected, a small new tech like MP3 surely can't be immune.
The only thing that I think could save MP3 from an assult of new technology is the fact the there are now commercial products out that support it: mp3 players. Now those companies that make these players will fight to keep it on top, or face making them support various new technologies.
My 2 cents.
word.
-Rev
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My last company sucked, but the guys I worked with were cool. The management wanted loyalty but didn't do anything to earn it. After I couldn't take it anymore and decided to leave, I offered to stay for 30 days in order to help wrap up the current projects. I was hoping that this would make the process easier on the guys that I worked with. When I told my boss, he said that I had to leave that day! So the team ended up doubly f@#*ed because I wasn't even able to transfer any knowledge to them. Man. Loyalty sucks, I say split and try to help your friends from your new job. -Rev.
If I'm not mistaken Micro$oft has a patent on XSL.
I'm not so sure about this. I worked on the development of several ecommerce apps, and I have never seen WebTV get any consideration in the development process. It always gets mentioned in the beginning, but when the numbers come in and the percentages are less then 1% it just gets left out. If the site ends up being WebTV compliant, it's like a little surprise bonus. Has anyone else come across this mentality?
I have to agree with vluther, the standard is only the standard until something better comes along. You can rest assured that if the kiddies on napster can get their nsync 50% faster they will do it. There are some very well known cases where the better technonlgy does not win out (beta video format for example), but I think that as fast as our industry moves, and as young as MP3 is as a technology, it will be vulnerable to evolutionary forces. Hell even Windows, the mother of all institutionalized forces, is starting to feel the effects of technology evolution. If a big daddy like windows can be effected, a small new tech like MP3 surely can't be immune. The only thing that I think could save MP3 from an assult of new technology is the fact the there are now commercial products out that support it: mp3 players. Now those companies that make these players will fight to keep it on top, or face making them support various new technologies.
My 2 cents.
word.
-Rev