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> The enormousness of the developer base for Windows and Java is such that many developers feel that those environments are “normal”, and anything different is
by mosburger 15y ago
> The enormousness of the developer base for Windows and Java is such that many developers feel that those environments are “normal”, and anything different is by nature inferior simply because it’s unfamiliar. They’re offended by Xcode/Cocoa/Objective-C, in some way, because they feel entitled to their familiar languages and tools.
Gah - I was with you through the article, maybe not agreeing with everything he said, but did he have to come off like such a jerk in the last sentence? You're painting with pretty broad strokes to call people who aren't very enamored w/ XCode "offended" and "entitled."
- mattgreenrocks 15y agoYeah, but since when did intellectual honesty ever bring visitors in? The bigger the paintbrush, the more people flock to agree/disagree on it, it seems.
- wtallis 15y agoGruber did say many, not all. And when comments like this [http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3015433 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3015433] are so common in discussions about Apple's development environment, it's hard to argue that people who feel offended and entitled are uncommon.