Along with other posters, I don't understand what could have taken so long to install Eclipse, unless you are running on a computer 2+ years old, w/ 256Mb RAM. Eclipse has always been very easy (and quick) to install (sans plug-ins). I have been using Eclipse since 1.x, and also several other IDEs
Eclipse was slow (at least to bootstrap) in the 1.x -2.x series, but the latest major version 3.x has fixed that nicely, plus has better feedback on what it is doing. You do have to have a beefy computer to run it though -- it frequently takes upwards of 250Mb of RAM. I am using may plug-ins however, for Spring, Hibernate, JBoss, PMD, and Automated Metrics.
I also use Rational Software Architect, *sometimes simultaneously*. I've found that most major vendors of complementing developement products (i.e. Source Control, Configuration Managment, Testing tools) are shifting resources to support plug-ins. Like it or not, we need these tools, and it's nice to have them in one place.
One thing I don't like is how little real-estate on the screen you can find yourself with. Optimally, you can have a dual monitor setup or something, otherwise you'll need bifocals by the end of the day.
Invest in the learning curve, and you won't be sorry.
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Maybe all the umm-dumbs out there will start reading when their TV's don't work anymore, and drastically improve education levels in this country.
My vote is crappy power conditioning in his house.
Apparently it is... Voice Strain Disorder warning from their own site:
. cgi?What_is_voice_strain
http://voicecode.iit.nrc.ca/VoiceCode/public/wiki
Along with other posters, I don't understand what could have taken so long to install Eclipse, unless you are running on a computer 2+ years old, w/ 256Mb RAM. Eclipse has always been very easy (and quick) to install (sans plug-ins). I have been using Eclipse since 1.x, and also several other IDEs Eclipse was slow (at least to bootstrap) in the 1.x -2.x series, but the latest major version 3.x has fixed that nicely, plus has better feedback on what it is doing. You do have to have a beefy computer to run it though -- it frequently takes upwards of 250Mb of RAM. I am using may plug-ins however, for Spring, Hibernate, JBoss, PMD, and Automated Metrics. I also use Rational Software Architect, *sometimes simultaneously*. I've found that most major vendors of complementing developement products (i.e. Source Control, Configuration Managment, Testing tools) are shifting resources to support plug-ins. Like it or not, we need these tools, and it's nice to have them in one place. One thing I don't like is how little real-estate on the screen you can find yourself with. Optimally, you can have a dual monitor setup or something, otherwise you'll need bifocals by the end of the day. Invest in the learning curve, and you won't be sorry.
Laughable... who invented TCP/IP and Ethernet?
Not to mention that I don't think UbiSoft is a U.S. owned company.
Anyway shouldn't be an issue since N. Korea doesn't let their people learn how to read... own computers..., etc.