Comment Quite probably (Score 1) 790
I'm working in both
.NET and Java now. What absolutely stuns me is how quickly the Java world can turn around tools and frameworks. I still prefer C#; however I'm working in a Beta of C# 2.0 while Java 5--offering nearly the same feature set--has been out for months. The Java IDE--there's really only one, Eclipse--is a 105MB zip file. You know how I installed it? Unzipped it. How do I run it? Click on Eclipse.exe.
You know how I install Studio? Pay $2500 for top version (not out yet btw but will be about that amount or more); Insert DVD; answer inane questions; walk away for 2 hours; return with at least 1.5_G_B less diskspace and a doubled registry size.
When I want something new in Eclipse, I wander around a bit on Google and Sourceforge; today I might add code coverage, tomorrow static analysis, throw in some metrics--essentially anything I need. Mostly free.
I have yet to exceed 150MB total Eclipse directory size, and I have replicated and exceeded the full feature set of VS.NET 2005--which hasn't fucking shipped yet.
Is this because Microsoft developers aren't as good as Java/open source developers? Hell no! (though it soon may be at current attrition rates) It's because middle and senious management make it impossible for smart people to get anything done, and vigorously punish them when they do.
