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It's not the platform itself, but the developers that know the platform inside-out. For some platforms, the best money can get you is still not good enough for
by dexen 16y ago
It's not the platform itself, but the developers that know the platform inside-out. For some platforms, the best money can get you is still not good enough for an ambitious project spanning world, and having to undergo massive changes almost in realtime. Why? Because certain platforms don't attract top-notch developers.
It's not that easy to get top talent if you stick to MSFT platforms.
From linked article:
> Silicon Valley has lots of talent like him. Think about the technology he knows. Hint, it isn’t Microsoft.
http://scobleizer.com/2011/03/24/myspaces-death-spiral-due-to-bets-on-los-angeles-and-microsoft/ http://scobleizer.com/2011/03/24/myspaces-death-spiral-due-t...
- simonw 16y ago"It's not the platform itself, but the developers that know the platform inside-out." That's the number one benefit of an open source stack: it's possible to know the stack inside out. If it's closed source, there's an eventual point at which you're dealing with a black box.
- DaRKoN_ 16y agoThere is nothing black box about the MS stack. The .net bcl might be closed source but you can still step into and read the source. It's available under the MS-RSL license. Which allows you: "use of the software within your company as a reference, in read only form, for the sole purposes of debugging your products, maintaining your products, or enhancing the interoperability of your products with the software" See: http://referencesource.microsoft.com/ http://referencesource.microsoft.com/