Comments on: Dear software tool vendors, RE: I’m breaking up with you

By: Bryan Reynolds

Bryan Reynolds — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:02:51 +0000

Tools can be a trap.

Linq is not just about SQL.

Bryan

By: Wayne

Wayne — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:45:27 +0000

Bogard, yeah, I guess so. I think lately I’ve been turning my back on all the new things coming out so perhaps I’m a bit frustrated waking each day and finding something new to turn my back on.

I’ll tell you what though, I’ve accomplished so much more and I’ve been able to make strides toward crawling out of debt and start saving some money towards the future due to ignoring all the flip and flair of what’s new on a daily/weekly basis.

Perhaps it’s a simply a matter of priorities. Hope I didn’t stray this post too far left field. It’s got me thinking a bit. Thanks!

By: Jimmy Bogard

Jimmy Bogard — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:46:12 +0000

@Wayne

What can I say? We programmers are distracted by shiny new things. It’s a tough reaction to overcome.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:48:45 +0000

The same is true for Microsoft and Sun, not just the smaller houses. I don’t think MS is solving any new problems with .Net 3.5, just creating different ways to do the same thing and gaining revenue from that. Yet, some of us follow it like sheep.

LINQ? Explain to me again how inserting SQL into compiled code is a good thing? (uneducated thought for sure)

Funny times we occupy…

By: schneider

schneider — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:09:41 +0000

I’m also tired of upgrading a tool to satisfy other customers needs/wants and get nothing but a bill and more maintenance in return.

By: Jon Galloway

Jon Galloway — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:24:37 +0000

It’s a tough balance. At one extreme, you can spend all your time following the latest and greatest. At the other, you can choose blissful ignorance and re-invent everything yourself.

Your conclusion shows that you’re not giving up on tool vendors – you’re just going to cautiously evaluate them. You’re only using tools which solve problems, you’re not getting attached, and you’re going to critically evaluate them before buying in. That seems like a good balance to me.

By: Neil Mosafi

Neil Mosafi — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:29:27 +0000

Great post. It’s so true, but the trouble is that I bet you just won’t be able to help yourself checking out the latest versions of everything.

It’s just so addictive for all geeks!

By: Lloyd

Lloyd — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:47:07 +0000

Excellent points! Could not agree more.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:19:02 +0000

<3 <3

By: Sergio Pereira

Sergio Pereira — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:08:44 +0000

That was pretty good Jimmy. I guess you would not be interested in hearing about Telegistics’ new Active MVC Control Pack Pro ALT.NET Edition, would you?