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All internal computer now run as virtual machines (not desktops) running on two mondo-powerful Linux servers. The virtualization platform is Citrix. Nobody has a functional box under their desk any more. ... The company has got rid of the desktop computers entirely (sorry Dell and HP) What? How are they accessing these virtual machines? Mind meld? In most cases where companies use VDIs the desktop machines are the st…
Essentially ... "Nowadays nobody under thirty writes anything on Microsoft developer tools unless they are demented or brain-dead. Firstly the kids out of the colleges know the platform agnostic stuff well. Secondly when half the computers leaving factories either run iOS or Android (that is are smart-phones) nobody sensible will write in a way that does not allow easy porting to these platforms."
Kids out of college know what their college specialized in. This is either Java or Visual Studio, and chances are when they graduate they'll get jobs at a company making corporate desktop software on Windows. The best way to discourage an aspiring programmer is to tell him/her "yeah it works, but it's not cool."
Essentially ... "Nowadays nobody under thirty writes anything on Microsoft developer tools unless they are demented or brain-dead. Firstly the kids out of the colleges know the platform agnostic stuff well. Secondly when half the computers leaving factories either run iOS or Android (that is are smart-phones) nobody sensible will write in a way that does not allow easy porting to these platforms."
I agree with most of the article, but the "The Ubuntu Unity failure" was only a temporary one. The author says it got better, but in reality Unity already overtook Windows' UI and it will overtake Apples UI with one of its next iterations. As a younger (though not that young) developer I have to agree that using MS developer tools is the wrong way of doing things for most new software, not all of them though, it sure…
The great thing about propietary software and one OS (Windows specifically, OS X too though) is people using those operating systems expect to pay for their software. I'd love to come out with a Linux version of my software, but I'd then be competing with 10 free versions, and worse, a mindset that expects everything to be free. I gotta eat!
All internal computer now run as virtual machines (not desktops) running on two mondo-powerful Linux servers. The virtualization platform is Citrix. Nobody has a functional box under their desk any more. ... The company has got rid of the desktop computers entirely (sorry Dell and HP) What? How are they accessing these virtual machines? Mind meld? In most cases where companies use VDIs the desktop machines are the st…
Probably with Citrix-compatible thin clients. There are a ton of those out there.
...it is very difficult to find candidates who know anything but Microsoft tools.
That may be true in the US and some parts of Western Europe, such as the UK, but what about the rest of the world? The author of the blog post, John Hempton, is a hedge fund manager who works out of Australia but invests worldwide, and he often thinks and writes in terms of global trends. What is your experience trying to hire candidates outside the US?
His attack on using developer tools was harsh, but I'm over 30 so it didn't apply :) But seriously, I'm afraid he is close to the truth. As a career Windows programmer, I have great fear for the future after having tried the 2012 preview -- I've never felt so lost on a computer in my life. For my own selfish sake, I keep praying they'll make some changes before final release.
I agree with most of the article, but the "The Ubuntu Unity failure" was only a temporary one. The author says it got better, but in reality Unity already overtook Windows' UI and it will overtake Apples UI with one of its next iterations. As a younger (though not that young) developer I have to agree that using MS developer tools is the wrong way of doing things for most new software, not all of them though, it sure…
The great thing about propietary software and one OS (Windows specifically, OS X too though) is people using those operating systems expect to pay for their software. I'd love to come out with a Linux version of my software, but I'd then be competing with 10 free versions, and worse, a mindset that expects everything to be free. I gotta eat!
> Nowadays nobody under thirty writes anything on Microsoft developer tools unless they are demented or brain-dead. Hmmm.... i am 29, i write C# and .NET for a living... there are a few lads in the office that are .NET Dev, under 30... I must be in a black hole then...
All internal computer now run as virtual machines (not desktops) running on two mondo-powerful Linux servers. The virtualization platform is Citrix. Nobody has a functional box under their desk any more. ... The company has got rid of the desktop computers entirely (sorry Dell and HP) What? How are they accessing these virtual machines? Mind meld? In most cases where companies use VDIs the desktop machines are the st…