Comments on: I don’t want to be a Dinosaur! http://gorillajawn.com/wordpress/2008/01/08/i-don%e2%80%99t-want-to-be-a-dinosaur/ Enterprise Software Consultant Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:02:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: MartinShort http://gorillajawn.com/wordpress/2008/01/08/i-don%e2%80%99t-want-to-be-a-dinosaur/comment-page-1/#comment-5531 MartinShort Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:50:51 +0000 http://ectropic.com/wordpress/?p=15#comment-5531 Silverlight looks pretty interesting actually, unlike JavaFX which is too little, too late... and way too much dependency on the heavy J2SE platform. Silverlight looks pretty interesting actually, unlike JavaFX which is too little, too late… and way too much dependency on the heavy J2SE platform.

]]> By: JesterXL http://gorillajawn.com/wordpress/2008/01/08/i-don%e2%80%99t-want-to-be-a-dinosaur/comment-page-1/#comment-5530 JesterXL Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:33:48 +0000 http://ectropic.com/wordpress/?p=15#comment-5530 ...the same reason I don't dive into Silverlight. I've invested a lot of time and energy in learning the ActionScript language, the component frameworks, and learning the Flash Player runtime. Having to start from scratch is a huge undertaking and leap of faith. Granted, C# is a ton like AS, and Silverlight share's some of the same concepts. Regardless, I won't be the same caliber of person even in 2 weeks. That step backwards in perceived self-worth combined with the required need to re-learn a myriad of new concepts & workflow causes many to instead take a good look at themselves. During reflection, they now have context and thus can intelligently question why their toolset does not have such and such feature. People hate change. ...regardless, history has shown Java peeps coming in droves to Flex; they can still use Java, too! Those guys just haven't tasted the good kool-aid yet. …the same reason I don’t dive into Silverlight. I’ve invested a lot of time and energy in learning the ActionScript language, the component frameworks, and learning the Flash Player runtime.

Having to start from scratch is a huge undertaking and leap of faith. Granted, C# is a ton like AS, and Silverlight share’s some of the same concepts. Regardless, I won’t be the same caliber of person even in 2 weeks.

That step backwards in perceived self-worth combined with the required need to re-learn a myriad of new concepts & workflow causes many to instead take a good look at themselves. During reflection, they now have context and thus can intelligently question why their toolset does not have such and such feature.

People hate change.

…regardless, history has shown Java peeps coming in droves to Flex; they can still use Java, too! Those guys just haven’t tasted the good kool-aid yet.

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