Re: GOSUB, the larger picture (was Worldwide known Excellence of GOSUB)

Tech-Archive recommends: Repair Windows Errors & Optimize Windows Performance

From: Bill McCarthy (bill_mcc_at_<)
Date: 02/04/04 

Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 15:20:02 +1100

Hi Larry,

I tend to agree with what you said (or at least to some extent), so I won't
waste either of our time's rehashing most of it <g> But one thing you said is
one I really think that needs to be addressed :

> I am thinking it is not going to take very long for the businesses to
realize they
> can keep their legacy code as it is, either hooking into it, or breaking out
pieces
> of it with new .Net code. I am not saying its easy, but MS is saying it
can be
> done such that there are few (if any) major re-writes required, even while
they
> still can take advantage of all the new .Net features.

Although this is true, the fact it isn't easy needs to be made better. After
all Vb has always been about being easy <g>

"Larry Serflaten" <serflaten@usinternet.com> wrote in message
news:u7PrKIt6DHA.2712@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> "Karl E. Peterson" <karl@mvps.org> wrote
>
> > If I thought you'd try to understand why, I'd feel insulted by that gross
distortion.
> > Instead, I just feel pity, and remember how easily you have been misled,
how your
> > trust has been abused, and the resulting need to bring others along for
the ride as a
> > means of self-validation.
>
> I just thought I'd bring up the flip side....
>
> Is it agreed that Microsoft is the worlds #1 supplier of current PC
operating
> systems? Would you agree they plan to keep it that way for the foreseeable
> future?
>
> Also, do you not see that Micorsoft is hell bent on making the .Net platform
> an integrated part of many if not all of their future products?
>
> So, if the current batch of college programmers want to be well acquainted
> with the OS from the world's #1 vendor, what are they going to learn? Even
> if their college does not offer courses on C# or other .Net languages, you
> can bet many will be looking at the .Net platform to help them establish
their
> careers.
>
> The big bet is on how soon the business world jumps on board. And as
> you might guess, MS is putting out some not so subtle hints in that arena
> as well. So I gotta ask, how many years need to go by before there is an
> ample supply of recent college grads filling the .Net needs of those
businesses
> who are adopting the .Net story?
>
> I am thinking it is not going to take very long for the businesses to
realize they
> can keep their legacy code as it is, either hooking into it, or breaking out
pieces
> of it with new .Net code. I am not saying its easy, but MS is saying it
can be
> done such that there are few (if any) major re-writes required, even while
they
> still can take advantage of all the new .Net features.
>
> Its that turn over rate, that I wanted to point out. The colleges are
graduating
> programmers every year, so it isn't going to be long before the critical
mass
> of .Net developers becomes a significant force. When businesses see they
> are able to get significant productivity gains, with only a few minor
scrapes
> and bruises, there is really nothing that is going to stop MS from
continuing
> to be the #1 provider of Windows development tools. The developers like
> it because they get detailed control from high level languages, and the
CIO's
> like it because the entire architecture is more structured such that
everything
> has become more managable, from the developer's time to the users desktop.
>
> Even if that sounds like sales propaganda, it fairly describes what I see up
> ahead in the industry. The colleges are cranking out the programmers, and
there
> is no stopping that march, so, sooner or later, what they enjoy doing is
what
> will succeed over the long haul. A few nay-sayers now, isn't going to
matter,
> so why buck the trend?
>
> LFS
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

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