Re: Any WWDC News
Re: Any WWDC News
- Subject: Re: Any WWDC News
- From: Lotsa Cabo <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 11:38:34 -0400
On Jul 1, 2004, at 10:15 AM, Michael Engelhart wrote:
> Huh?? Mac OS X is like 75% open source..
> Also haven't you heard that IBM, Sun, Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, Dell,
> Gateway, HP and basically every other major software/hardware player
> out there have full support for Linux and have for a few years no???
> I'm surprised that you've been doing IT development for 20 years and
> haven't heard any of this.
Correction: It WAS open source. That was my whole point. I love what
open source does for code and growth, but until a company invests their
assets, time, money, and people in continuously maintaining and
improving whatever the codebase may be, then, and only then, will I
invest MY mission critical resources into open source. Likewise, I
don't personally care who feels what about open source (including me),
when it comes right down to it, none of my clients will touch it...
never have and probably never will. Bottom line, for the most part,
open source does not pay the bills and for those that do profit from it
in some way, it doesn't pay the bills as well as mainstream products
like .NET.
As for IBM, Sun, Oracle, Servers-R-Us, Joe's Plumbing, or any other
vendor that have "full support for Linux," again, it does not matter.
The only mainstream Linux build that major enterprises rely on is
RedHat (some SuSE, then various BSD builds) and the majority of the
Linux community is open source. Just because it may be possible to run
my code on a Linux box, does not mean I want to develop on one. Again,
if I have to choose between a community-supported OS and one from a
company who's corporate butt relies on it, I'm gonna choose the
corporate version. It may not be as "bleeding edge" at times, but I'm
not here to push the envelope. I'm here to build quality products on
reliable platforms using solid technologies for lucrative companies.
My point being, again, at least for me, the cashflow just isn't great
enough in those areas to choose one of those platforms over Bill's Evil
OS. This is why I want to be able to confidently move entirely from M$
to OS X.
Bottom line, I may love being a developer, and I may have personal
interests in Apple (or any other technology, for that matter), but at
the end of the day, I need to stick with technologies and vendors that
are stable, perform consistently, and, most importantly, have clear
goals and objectives for both themselves and their product line. While
it's great to see Mr. Jobs boast about what they DID last year or what
surprises they may have at the opening of a WWDC, I cannot bank on hope
nor what "may be." And, sadly enough, without a clear mission
statement for both the product and company (in this case WebObjects and
Apple), I cannot encourage my clients to run with it. I love them
both, but I cannot make a solid business decision on a fantasy.
In today's market, sadly enough, what a company plans to do is equally,
if not more, important than what they have done in the past. Companies
want to grow and know what to expect tomorrow as best they can. And,
like it or not, they ARE going to side with technologies from a company
that says what they are going to do and then does it. In short,
although I love Apple and WebObjects, if I cannot confidently tell my
clients what to expect from a technology six months down the road, I
cannot recommend it. While surprise releases of products may work for
Apple's relationship with the consumer market, and maybe even for
mid-range developers, start-ups and major companies don't want
surprises. For that matter, neither do I.
R/S
Ryan
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