Re: Trend towards platform specific languages

On 10/6/05, Shannon O'Donnell <sodonnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Ok...while I sit here twiddling my thumbs waiting for a java-based website to 
> open...(can you say IBM?)... I can't help but wonder if we are eventually 
> going to see the pendulum swing back and the current fad of making everything 
> non-platform specific will thankfully and hopefully die and instead we'll 
> move back to writing code using whatever language runs best (fastest, cleaner 
> and more stable) on whatever O/S and hardware it's designed for.
>
> If it's on an iSeries, let it be RPG or Cobol.  If it's on a Windows machine, 
> let it be .Net.  If it's on a unix box...send it back and buy an iSeries.
>
> I have to ask....WHY?!? Is it so critical that every application be platform 
> agnostic?  What kind of goofy logic is this that we've all bought into the 
> last few years?  We allow ourselves to sacrifice performance and productivity 
> (and experience) because someone has convinced us that our order entry app 
> should run equally well on an iSeries AND! A toaster?!?

consider that IBM was innovative in software when it set its own
standards.  And Microsoft is a very innovative company to this day and
it also sets its own standards.

-Steve