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by Curt Hibbs.
Original Post: Respect and Disappointment
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After being repeatedly prodded by my colleagues to start a blog,
I started to do so about a week ago... but I didn't tell anyone about
it. I wanted to try it privately for a while. I'm using Bloglines at the moment, but I may switch because I can't find any way to let readers post comments.
The reason I am going public with my blog is because I feel compelled to respond to David Heinemeier Hansson's latest blog post, The State of the Mac. I would have preferred to post a comment on his blog, but he is no longer allowing comments.
In this post David is pretty heavy-handed and judgmental, implying
that developer's who choose platforms other than the Mac (but especially if they use Windows) have an
automatic black mark against them that they will have to overcome if they want to work for "rising star" companies like 37signals.
Now let me say that I have tremendous respect for David and what he has accomplished with Ruby on Rails, both from a technical and
evangelical standpoint... its nothing short of amazing! But, I personally
find the position taken in this blog post and David's subsequent
comments to the blog post to be so arrogant that I have to believe that
it was unintentional. I wait anxiously for some public comment that
will support this belief.
The bottom line is that what we as developers use for our development
platforms and tools is a very personal choice, born from our unique
personal and professional circumstances. I would never presume that
what is the right choice for me, has to be the right choice for you,
too.
Some developer's are single with high paying jobs, others have families
struggling to make ends meet with more than one kid in college. Some
developer's like to build their own machines, others may abhor the
thought of fixing their own hardware. Some people like developing
software 100+ hours a week (usually the ones without families), while
others have multiple passionate interests.
The above examples barely scratch the surface of the influences on a
developer's choice of development platforms. These are personal choices
and personal circumstances... they are neither good nor bad.
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