Price / performance at what cost?
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Whenever I find myself participating in the "I love IntelliJ" versus "I love Eclipse" debate, the old "Ya can't beat price/performance" argument is rolled out faster than you can say "perspectives? what the...?". So let's do the math:
price / performance = 0 / anything = 0
or perhaps:
performance / price = anything / 0 = undefined
But seriously, Eclipse would be a great platform if I could just bend my head around to thinking the way Mr. Gamma wants me to.
It's that old mental model thing. I admit I had the same problem when I first starting using IDEA. It really comes down to what you're used to. And the fact that IDEA somehow knows what I want to do hehehe
I just thank my lucky stars I can use Eclipse 3.0. I'm even happier I don't have to use WSAD. Sheesh at AU$10,000 / seat? How many games of golf did the IBM rep have to lose to convince the "Architects" that was a good purchase? 'nuff said!
So right now, my performance is approaching new lows as I reprogramme my tiny wee brain. But I'm getting there. Though, I still sneak home for a puff of the IDEA cigar every night just to feel that rush of endorphins again :-)
Comments
Compared with IDEA, the learning curve associated with WSAD is huge. As you say, IDEA knows what you want to do. WSAD on the other hand doesn't even do what you ask it to! If I could take the app server integration from WSAD and drop it into IDEA then that would be ideal.
Posted by: Simon Brown | December 9, 2003 03:38 PM