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Developers who haven't looked at VMware, Microsoft's competing product, or one of more than 20 similar concepts, have to put that on their New Year's resolution lists. The Novell/Microsoft marriage of a month ago means that the widest range of development tools are available now - even to the Microsoft loyal shops.

One of the first steps in any project is to look at the latest tools and determine what makes sence given the human resourses available. Think about this.

Often outside consultants are perceived to be more efficient and more professional than talent inhouse. One reason for this is that outside consultants are never hampered by their tools. They get to use what ever makes sence and are open to trying new tools which they sometimes introduce clients to, and even sell. Sometimes the tool is modified by the consultant for maximum effectiveness. This is especially true when databases are involved.

Compare and contrast with the lowly employee. He/She often is told what tools to use. Sometimes the lowly employee must use only the tools Microsoft provides via its subscription service or bundling.

Owing to a variety of not-really-correct-means such as legal thuggary, genuine advantage spying, and operating system automatic upgrades, the lowly employee is even forbidden from loading tools on company equipment even when he/she has purchased those tools out-of-pocket. Is it any wonder that in-house tallent is considered by management to be less professional than outside consultants? Is this not true even at Microsoft?

Virtualization means that the base operating system product supported by the Network administrators at the company you work at can continue to be supported, backed up, controlled just as it is today. But, now you can have a virtualized desktop that contains all the tools you personally prefer and tools you may have created yourself. Those tools can be Linux based. They can even be DOS command line based. They can be Artificial Inteligence Prolog. They can be full AutoCad and even better, they can run off a remote server, perhaps the multi-processor multi-core machine you run at home or perhaps the AOL mainframe, Google server farm, MSN Itanium server you have access to. Its the way things ought to be for professionals. Normative. Correct. The rise of the American Programmer.

Posted by: mighetto   Posted on: 12/05/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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