I'd like to point out that the last IDE IBM threw its weight behind was VisualAge. What a piece of crap
"Hani Suleiman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > On 7/16/02 10:30 PM, in article > [EMAIL PROTECTED], "m b" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > First, I don't think you understand what Eclipse actually is. It is > > specifically designed for every sofware company and open source developer on > > the planet to plug their development products into, without spending a cent > > on the licensing, and knowing that everyone else will be doing the same > > thing. Get it? Still not worried? > > Are you aware of anything that has ever happened in history? The "strongest, > > best, biggest, fastest" is ALWAYS superceded by something. As I mentioned, > > IBM and several other "major players" are putting their resources into > > Eclipse. > > > Well, excuse me for not having that lemming feeling. > > So what you're saying is that the whole world should be an Eclipse plugin. > That'll be big news to almost every vendor which produces an IDE out there. > You should let Borland, Omnicore, JetBrains, Jedit, and all the other people > writing some form of IDE or the other know sooner rather than later, so they > stop wasting their time and quickly bow to the mighty IBM. > > Secondly, the fact that IBM and several other 'major players' are throwing > its weight behind to me just means that it'll be bloated, suffer from a lack > of focus, and have great marketing. The only people who will really buy into > it are those that one can amuse for hours on end by dangling a shiny object > in front of them. > > IBM, the very same company that brought us Websphere, the most bloated and > painful to use application server out there. > > If you want to convince people that this is a good idea, you'll need to > provide a more impressive technical argument. Fashion and IBM bootlicking > aren't very convincing to me. > > Hani > _______________________________________________ Eap-features mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.jetbrains.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-features
