...But the editor of Visual Studio with it code highlighting is okay for editing websites... I just wished it wasn't a MS product because the rest would be okay too in that case. Purchasing VS just for the editor is a bit stupid...
And I've been wondering about dotnet too... For me, a software developer, dotnet is nothing more than a huge runtime library. And the sad thing is that while it can create very small executables, you're always stuck with this huge library. Even worse, dotnet is supposed to put an end to the DLL hell but I'm not so sure about that. I do know that with dotnet, I can't support any Windows '95 anymore. Even '98 and older NT machines are a bit hard to support since dotnet is very resource-hungry. Dotnet is also supposed to become platform-independant. Yeah, right... Do you believe that? It is supposed to run in small devices with very limited resources. I don't see that happening either.
I do know one thing... Their marketing will probably tell lots of dyslectic managers that dotnet is the new standard and that they need to spend huge amounts of cash to support this new technology. Why? Because they've spend lots of months designing new names for old technologies...
What is dotnet? It's nothing more than a set of COM+ components with some additional features. And COM+ itself is based upon COM/DCOM with some additional features. And COM/DCOM is just OLE with some additional features. And OLE? Well, Ole is old... Very old... So now we're stuck on this advanced OLE library that is supposed to run everywhere. But look a bit further... MS also creates Office-dotnet. A version of Office where some parts of the application will run on a Microsoft server. And MS will probably create more similar applications. It reduces your expensive, powerful computer to a dumb terminal that is connected to some slow server. Why slow? It's slow because you have to share it with those millions of other MS-Office-victims...
Free exchange of digital information? Yea... You can provide your personal information and your creditcard-number to MS for free. Then they will decide what you need and what to spend it all on... And if they notice that your licence is nearly ended they will love to use your creditcard to give you a new licence, free of charge for the extra service...
Gonna be a sad day when my boss decides that investing in dotnet will be more important than increasing my salary...
One day M$ will force the world to just use their compiler on their software with the hardware they must approve first while they also maintain your creditcards and personal information for you. Every child is already brainwashed to support His Majesty B. Gates and pray to the Holy Windows. So why use something that's not approved by MS?
Hail Microschoft!
Okay... For those of you who don't understand this all... I'm using sarcasm in this post. As if we would ever allow M$ to rule the online world...
You're just working too hard to get your own part finished! Go sit next to your collegues, look at the work they're doing, give them a lot of comments and show them every miskate they make. Managing developers is like guiding a child across the street. Hold their hands, look in all directions and help them to move forwards. And if this doesn't work? Well... Some spanking might solve the problem too...;-)
In other words, keep an eye on them 24 hours/day, 7 days/week and make sure they make the deadline in time... Remember, as project leader you will be held responsible for their mistakes...
So now we will have to be careful on the road because some madmen can now play this game with their own car...
And once you crash and die, you'll see your score in heaven... Game over, do you want to play again? [Yes]/[No]
The ultimate laptop is out. It runs on Windows 98 and it runs all over the place. Finally the laptop is on the move again. Geez, this is probably the biggest laptop ever...
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...But the editor of Visual Studio with it code highlighting is okay for editing websites...
I just wished it wasn't a MS product because the rest would be okay too in that case. Purchasing VS just for the editor is a bit stupid...
And I've been wondering about dotnet too... For me, a software developer, dotnet is nothing more than a huge runtime library. And the sad thing is that while it can create very small executables, you're always stuck with this huge library. Even worse, dotnet is supposed to put an end to the DLL hell but I'm not so sure about that. I do know that with dotnet, I can't support any Windows '95 anymore. Even '98 and older NT machines are a bit hard to support since dotnet is very resource-hungry.
Dotnet is also supposed to become platform-independant. Yeah, right... Do you believe that? It is supposed to run in small devices with very limited resources. I don't see that happening either.
I do know one thing... Their marketing will probably tell lots of dyslectic managers that dotnet is the new standard and that they need to spend huge amounts of cash to support this new technology. Why? Because they've spend lots of months designing new names for old technologies...
What is dotnet? It's nothing more than a set of COM+ components with some additional features. And COM+ itself is based upon COM/DCOM with some additional features. And COM/DCOM is just OLE with some additional features. And OLE? Well, Ole is old... Very old...
So now we're stuck on this advanced OLE library that is supposed to run everywhere. But look a bit further... MS also creates Office-dotnet. A version of Office where some parts of the application will run on a Microsoft server. And MS will probably create more similar applications. It reduces your expensive, powerful computer to a dumb terminal that is connected to some slow server. Why slow? It's slow because you have to share it with those millions of other MS-Office-victims...
Free exchange of digital information? Yea... You can provide your personal information and your creditcard-number to MS for free. Then they will decide what you need and what to spend it all on... And if they notice that your licence is nearly ended they will love to use your creditcard to give you a new licence, free of charge for the extra service...
Gonna be a sad day when my boss decides that investing in dotnet will be more important than increasing my salary...
One day M$ will force the world to just use their compiler on their software with the hardware they must approve first while they also maintain your creditcards and personal information for you. Every child is already brainwashed to support His Majesty B. Gates and pray to the Holy Windows. So why use something that's not approved by MS? Hail Microschoft! Okay... For those of you who don't understand this all... I'm using sarcasm in this post. As if we would ever allow M$ to rule the online world...
You're just working too hard to get your own part finished! Go sit next to your collegues, look at the work they're doing, give them a lot of comments and show them every miskate they make. Managing developers is like guiding a child across the street. Hold their hands, look in all directions and help them to move forwards. ;-)
And if this doesn't work? Well... Some spanking might solve the problem too...
In other words, keep an eye on them 24 hours/day, 7 days/week and make sure they make the deadline in time... Remember, as project leader you will be held responsible for their mistakes...
Life isn't fair...
So now we will have to be careful on the road because some madmen can now play this game with their own car... And once you crash and die, you'll see your score in heaven... Game over, do you want to play again? [Yes]/[No]
The ultimate laptop is out. It runs on Windows 98 and it runs all over the place. Finally the laptop is on the move again. Geez, this is probably the biggest laptop ever...