Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Tue Nov 15 12:29:58 CST 2011
Hi Shamil: Gone are the days when everything was minis and mainframes and FORTRAN was king. FORTRAN was the first major language I learned but I have not used it too much lately. Microsoft has held the PC market for at least 10 years of the last 20 but I think we are in a period of transition and the market is spreading out again. If the patent wars do not seriously slow progress, we are on the verge of some very exciting times...similar to the 80s and early 90s. Open source and open standards is where I believe the market is going. You and I may be more familiar with Microsoft's stable of products but developing a decent product in any environment is not easy but it is now no more difficult, than under Linux, it is just different and it all takes considerable time to learn, regardless of the way you go. In the end, I believe, you can be equally as productive. Windows is the only major OS out there that does not have a Linux/Unix core. Linux is the environment of innovation. Virtually, every new product and concept in the computing world has first been created on Linux. Companies like Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, Google etc have been robbing the Linux garden for years and then have been running out and trying to patent it before someone else does or the product developers stamp a GNU and MIT license on it. Unlike Arthur, I will still be using some Microsoft products, as the customers demand it. OTOH, the market is moving away from Desktop type application and more towards Browser type environments...PCs, Smart phones, tablets and so on. In the future, proprietary PC applications are not going to be as important and that will leave Microsoft out of the loop, unless they make major changes in their corporate philosophy. This means, regardless of the effort required, the New Age IT professional is going to have to move more into the Linux world. That, as far as I can see, is a fact, that we all have to come to terms with. Therefore, whether we retire from the computer industry, develop products in a niche market or embrace the new order it does not matter. I believe it is a wonderful time to be in the computer world with so many options...and yes, that does not necessarily mean Microsoft. Jim -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Salakhetdinov Shamil Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 11:29 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] New SQL Server license scheme is RADICALLLY moreexpensive Jim, John at all, That's is an interesting discussion. But did you ever try to compare development and support costs of MS SQL + .NET vs. mySQL + ...? I must note I know almost nothing about Linux development tools, but I have worked in the past for a long time on IBM360/370 and PDP11 RSX-11M so JCL, command line, and macro-assembler (especially great for IBM360/370) and PL./1 and and pure C or C++ or Pascal development with file systems or network (CODASYL) or relational databases without rich backend-level data definition and manipulation tool - I have my own experience to evaluate how much time all that development takes... .Now take C# 4.0 (VS2010) + MS SQL with T-SQL with SPs and UDF vs. mySQL + ... - wouldn't MS SQL license costs be covered manifold by higher Linux development and support costs? And I'm not talking/meaning Web site development where becoming standards HTML5 + CSS3 + JavaScript would make Windows and Linux development and support costs comparable(?) I'm talking about development of desktop custom business applications... Thank you. -- Shamil