Comments on: Pete Wright is done with Microsoft http://averyblog.com/net/pete-wright-is-done-with-microsoft/ This is not the greatest tagline in the world... this is just a tribute. Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:36:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: foobar http://averyblog.com/net/pete-wright-is-done-with-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-2010 foobar Sun, 24 Sep 2006 05:31:10 +0000 http://averyblog.infozerk.net/?p=576#comment-2010 <p>The one constant I have discovered in IT is that 80% of the people in the industry have absolutely no idea what they're doing.<br /><br />He's going to find the same thing using RoR.<br /><br />It's not an MS problem. It's an IT problem. And actually, it's a problem in general whenever one enters the workforce. Most people simply don't care about their jobs.<br /><br />To me, it sounds like he had some difficulty assessing the companies he worked for before he got there. If he never learns that skill, he's always going to find disappointment.<br /><br />Considering the higher learning curve of .NET, he's going to find the people using RoR even worse. The S/N ratio in the RoR space is much higher than .NET's.<br /><br />I do find it somewhat sad that his own passion was lowered by other people's viewpoints, rather than him realizing that he really has no control over what other people's opinions and attitudes are.</p> The one constant I have discovered in IT is that 80% of the people in the industry have absolutely no idea what they’re doing.

He’s going to find the same thing using RoR.

It’s not an MS problem. It’s an IT problem. And actually, it’s a problem in general whenever one enters the workforce. Most people simply don’t care about their jobs.

To me, it sounds like he had some difficulty assessing the companies he worked for before he got there. If he never learns that skill, he’s always going to find disappointment.

Considering the higher learning curve of .NET, he’s going to find the people using RoR even worse. The S/N ratio in the RoR space is much higher than .NET’s.

I do find it somewhat sad that his own passion was lowered by other people’s viewpoints, rather than him realizing that he really has no control over what other people’s opinions and attitudes are.

]]> By: Brian H. Madsen http://averyblog.com/net/pete-wright-is-done-with-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-2011 Brian H. Madsen Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:15:39 +0000 http://averyblog.infozerk.net/?p=576#comment-2011 <p>It's a shame to see Pete leave MS on this footing.<br /><br />his blog seems to me to be full of resentment, anger and maybe a little bit of irony...it's a shame but then again "it's always greener on the other side"..<br /><br />RoR is a hype in my opinion..you can build a lot of quality apps with it but i don't see it changing places with frameworks like .Net..As Robert said, the "hype to reality" ratio is a bit annoying.</p> It’s a shame to see Pete leave MS on this footing.

his blog seems to me to be full of resentment, anger and maybe a little bit of irony…it’s a shame but then again “it’s always greener on the other side”..

RoR is a hype in my opinion..you can build a lot of quality apps with it but i don’t see it changing places with frameworks like .Net..As Robert said, the “hype to reality” ratio is a bit annoying.

]]> By: Robert http://averyblog.com/net/pete-wright-is-done-with-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-2009 Robert Tue, 12 Sep 2006 04:48:06 +0000 http://averyblog.infozerk.net/?p=576#comment-2009 <p>I also have not been that impressed with Rails. I find the "hype to reality" ratio really, really annoying.<br /><br />The most interesting feature to me is the ActiveRecord data support, which can be a big timesaver if your data schema supports it well.<br /><br />I think the new LINQ data support coming in .NET blows it away though. It is much more elegant and doesn't have many of the data model restrictions that ActiveRecord requires....</p> I also have not been that impressed with Rails. I find the “hype to reality” ratio really, really annoying.

The most interesting feature to me is the ActiveRecord data support, which can be a big timesaver if your data schema supports it well.

I think the new LINQ data support coming in .NET blows it away though. It is much more elegant and doesn’t have many of the data model restrictions that ActiveRecord requires….

]]> By: Scott http://averyblog.com/net/pete-wright-is-done-with-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-2008 Scott Tue, 12 Sep 2006 03:46:32 +0000 http://averyblog.infozerk.net/?p=576#comment-2008 <p>I've messed around with RoR, and... to be honest, it's not a full-featured framework compared to asp.net. There are some neat things about it, and the idea of using my mac and doing all my development in OS X is appealing. But I don't think it's ready, I don't think DHH has what it takes to make it a widely used enterprise quality framework based on his attitude, and there are still many things they are trying to add that are already part of asp.net that I have to say it's not there yet. Maybe someday. Not yet.</p> I’ve messed around with RoR, and… to be honest, it’s not a full-featured framework compared to asp.net. There are some neat things about it, and the idea of using my mac and doing all my development in OS X is appealing. But I don’t think it’s ready, I don’t think DHH has what it takes to make it a widely used enterprise quality framework based on his attitude, and there are still many things they are trying to add that are already part of asp.net that I have to say it’s not there yet. Maybe someday. Not yet.

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