[dba-Tech] More on Windows 8 promises...

Even Apple does not sell its development tools. (Some tools may cost but
they are very cheap.)

That is the kiss of death as all computer science students, the future
leaders of the computer world need to become familiar with the
tools-of-the-trade...and they tend to be very poor. 

Have you ever wondered why Open Standard systems have enjoyed the best
growth and highest level on innovation? A good developer is born and not
necessarily educated. 

Most of the young guys I met, in the business, started their careers
sometime around 9 or 10, maybe before. They have no money so they gravitate
to what ever is cheap or free and simplest to use.

Apache over IIS, MySQL over MS SQL, Java/PHP over the new .Net, Linux
Servers over MS Servers. Ninety percent of all innovation in the computer
industry is created by these young hackers; NoSQL DBs, Event driven internet
servers, Linux OS, Cloud development, JavaScript tools, and a huge number of
development tools. (Major companies have been harvesting these innovation
for years.)

Aside: Patent trolls have been making the development of any software an
expensive legal nightmare so most new software is patented under the many
Open Source dictates which makes its designers safe from legal action but
also makes the software unsellable. This is why MS is blocking all this type
of software...OSS has been challenging their supremacy and profitability
since the early nineties. 
 
I see MS as putting up another complex series of road blocks to developers,
of the future, as nothing more than stupidity. Abandoning, their desktop
roots is one thing but to hobble even their established desktop developers,
by not supporting back compatibility or legacy software, blocking OSS,
blocking all other browsers and charging a premium to future developers is
not going to make their company another Apple.

The truth is that Apple does not make a majority of its income from
software; it is a HARDWARE company that supports software through its web
based distribution system. 

Jim

Sent from my very old Windows XP PC desktop
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Martin Reid
Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 11:56 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] More on Windows 8 promises...

And this differs from apple in what way?

Martin

Sent from my Windows Phone
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