Analyzing competitors - In this case Real Software

[Jesse Sng]

>Back in the 80's and 90's, when I was a strong advocate of OOP in 
>general and Smalltalk in particular, I continually ran into the 
>obstacle I came to think of as the IASFBSIDHTTT syndrome: I Am So 
>Far Behind Schedule I Don't Have Time To Think. Whether dealing with 
>in-house or out-house (never did like that "in-house" thing!) 
>developers, the problem was the same: even if you could prove 
>absolutely that this new language was more powerful and effective 
>than my current tool set, I don't have time to evaluate it, learn 
>it, and rebuild all my libraries and tools in it.
>
>dan

I always found that strange because when I was running my own firm, 
you cannot NOT afford to check out something that's going to 
revolutionize what you've been doing thus far - even if it means 
obsoleting everything you've already done.

Not having the time to learn or relearn - is a CHOICE.

I've always hated writing lots of code, so I spent my energy writing 
code to eliminate the need to write more of the same code in the 
future.


Jesse