On Monday 29 Dec 2008 11:03:55 pm Shamit Verma wrote:
what exactly do you suggest we learn from M$?
Innovative and integrated User experience. As a developer, I still have not come across development environment + documentation comparable to MSDN + Visual Studio.
unfortunately the nix philosophy of using many small tools, each specific to one task rather than one monolithic tool stands in the way of developing such a thingie. Lakhs of progammers worldwide do fantastic stuff without these. The problem with integrated development enviornments is that the more sophisticated they get, the more the programmer is restricted to specific languages/frameworks/tools. In our world, we get much more freedom and flexibility - which leads to innovation and thinking out of the box.