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But why require your developers to learn another set of technologies? Much better IMHO to just have a good web development team who can make internal applicatio

But why require your developers to learn another set of technologies? Much better IMHO to just have a good web development team who can make internal applications too.

mweimer 15y ago
I think most corporations already have people with C#/XAML skills.
- arctangent 15y ago
  The odds are much higher that they have some in-house web developers.
WayneDB 15y ago
Oh, so everybody should just do HTML no matter what, from now on, for ever and ever, amen? Nobody should ever invent a competing technology because HTML is good enough for you? Is that it?
- rbanffy 15y ago
  > Nobody should ever invent a competing technology As long as this technology is easy and free for everyone to implement in compatible ways, yes, you can.
  - hvs 15y ago
    "You can" implies that you have some sort of say in the matter. Why should everyone have to implement technologies that are "easy and free" just because you say so?
    - rbanffy 15y ago
      Good point. You can, but you shouldn't. And I won't use it or encourage its use. In fact, I'll speak against it on every opportunity I have.
      - WayneDB 15y ago
        So you don't use any proprietary technology then? What kind of car do you drive?
        rbanffy 15y ago
        Of course I do. But I avoid it whenever it's possible and active advocate for non-proprietary alternatives.
        WayneDB 15y ago
        That's cool with me. I choose technology on quality alone, with regards to my use cases. I certainly don't tell people that they shouldn't use what they're using, I just give my opinions. People such as yourself are often telling me I shouldn't do this or that. I don't mind it, because I enjoy talking about technology and sharing my point of view. Some people just don't see it though. I think that I understand why someone would wish to exclude all proprietary technology. No advocacy is the best advocacy though. If the product is so great, it sells itself. It does. People use 'nix all the time for the things it's good at and then they go use other stuff too. Hostility towards that "other stuff" really works against the cause IMO. Why not spend the same time an energy to make the product better? Then people will just use it and nobody will have to argue about it.

But why require your developers to learn another set of technologies? Much better IMHO to just have a good web development team who can make internal applications too.

mweimer 15y ago

I think most corporations already have people with C#/XAML skills.

arctangent 15y ago
The odds are much higher that they have some in-house web developers.

WayneDB 15y ago

Oh, so everybody should just do HTML no matter what, from now on, for ever and ever, amen? Nobody should ever invent a competing technology because HTML is good enough for you? Is that it?

rbanffy 15y ago
> Nobody should ever invent a competing technology As long as this technology is easy and free for everyone to implement in compatible ways, yes, you can.
- hvs 15y ago
  "You can" implies that you have some sort of say in the matter. Why should everyone have to implement technologies that are "easy and free" just because you say so?
  - rbanffy 15y ago
    Good point. You can, but you shouldn't. And I won't use it or encourage its use. In fact, I'll speak against it on every opportunity I have.
    - WayneDB 15y ago
      So you don't use any proprietary technology then? What kind of car do you drive?
      - rbanffy 15y ago
        Of course I do. But I avoid it whenever it's possible and active advocate for non-proprietary alternatives.
        WayneDB 15y ago
        That's cool with me. I choose technology on quality alone, with regards to my use cases. I certainly don't tell people that they shouldn't use what they're using, I just give my opinions. People such as yourself are often telling me I shouldn't do this or that. I don't mind it, because I enjoy talking about technology and sharing my point of view. Some people just don't see it though. I think that I understand why someone would wish to exclude all proprietary technology. No advocacy is the best advocacy though. If the product is so great, it sells itself. It does. People use 'nix all the time for the things it's good at and then they go use other stuff too. Hostility towards that "other stuff" really works against the cause IMO. Why not spend the same time an energy to make the product better? Then people will just use it and nobody will have to argue about it.