Moore's second law and software

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Then why are Open Source clones generally behind?

I don't get how OSS helps your 2nd Moore's law analogy the least little bit.

My observation is that OSS based software is generally in the catchup position, which is made easier because a lot of it is just cloning something that is pre-existing like Open Office.

OSS doesn't solve software complexity at all as far as I can tell. And I am a software developer.

Mono just released a C# 3.0 compatible Mono but Microsoft has a CTP out with 4.0.

Regarding tools,

Tools have probably had the biggest impact on productivity. Compared to the old days it is so much easier to create a GUI than before.
And a few lines of code in .net can replace dozens of lines of C++ code because of the rich .net libraries.

Remote communications, there's WCF.
Database connectivity, drag and drop - support code generated automatically. Want to access a table drag it from a server browser, the code to access it is generated and you start using it.

Switching from Access to SQL, xml and other data stores, might be a string change or an enumeration change.

Debugging and Trace much easier and you can attach a listener at runtime.

You can easily generate code dynamically at runtime and execute it.

My guess is that you are not a developer or you haven't really used modern tools.

Posted by: DevGuy_z   Posted on: 04/02/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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