Tuesday, October 24, 2006

A long time ago Somewhere I have not been for a very long time is www.microsoft.com. I wonder what it is like there now? Is it still great? (The word that appears in more Microsoft sentences than any other). I was a Microsoft developer for many years (this feels like a confession - hi, my name is David and I'm a Microsoft-holic), then one day I just converted to Java, Eclipse & Co. Just like that, it was like flipping a switch. And I've never looked back. But now I'm wondering, while that company doesn't seem to be so important anymore, am I missing things I should not be? Have I closed my mind too much? Maybe its time to take a look at Visual Studio version whatever and do some comparisons with Eclipse. I never bothered learning C#, I already know it! :-) One thing Microsoft always did well were developer tools, and I'm hearing from a couple of friends who are still on the other side that they have some pretty slick stuff ... if you want to develop for the CLM (do they still call it that?) and .NOT, uh, I mean .NET. A long time ago Microsoft were a force to be reckoned with. Now you'd want to have your head examined to voluntarily choose the Microsoft platform for Enterprise development. Still, I wouldn't mind having a peak, if I can just free up enough space on my hard drive... 1:32:58 PM    comment []

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