Re: VS.NET is too EXPENSIVE. Developers switching rapidly from it.
From: John Bailo (jabailo_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 03/29/04
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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 08:23:28 GMT
Ed Kaim [MSFT] wrote:
> Microsoft provides the SDKs for free. Microsoft provides Web development
> tools for free. Microsoft provides millions of lines of sample source code
> (and complete projects) and all documentation for free. You don't have to
> pay a dime to build apps for Microsoft's platform. If you feel you need
> Visual Studio, as millions of developers do, then there is cost because
> Microsoft has to invest in making it better. Much of that cost goes
> towards product servicing. If you can live without the drastic boost in
> productivity, support from hundreds of tools partners, and official
> technical support with a well-defined roadmap, then it's harder to make
> the case. The only really effective arguments you could make for not using
> Visual Studio would be if you need to build cross-platform client
> applications or if you're trying to take the company down from the inside.
Great arguments. Except on the java side, you can get the equivalent of VS
for free: Eclipse, a product that has all the characteristics you describe.
In fact, Eclipse, as the /mother/ of all IDEs should be able to have a c#
plugin as well. At that point, you get all the efficiency and at zero
cost.
-- W '04 <:> Open
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