A New Era of Software
I was reading a post by Rob Chartier titled, "Microsoft needs to give developers a break...", and anyone whose been keeping up with news from Microsoft these days can easily assume that his post is talking about all of the new and soon-to-be software releases. I was going to leave him a comment, but it soon became a post.
Overall, I agree... but it's bitter-sweet. I love new technology, always have... and I'm particularly thrilled with all of the new bits for Developers, IT Pros, and even the daily user that are being, and will be released by Microsoft: WF, WCF, WPF, ATLAS, Vista, CardSpace, Exchange, SMS and all of it's buddies, Longhorn, Storage Server, ISA, MapPoint, Office, IIS, IE, Live, WinMo 5, CE 6, PowerShell, SharePoint, BizTalk... and on and on.
So what makes it different from the last several years? Well, it’s easily overwhelming because a lot of these new releases are not relatively simple updates to the software we know, they're so different that it's like learning an entirely new product.
Also in the past, we've seen a lot of new software come out that was not easily adopted by small-businesses. So unless you were strictly working with major corporations, you had some time to play with software before you saw it become widely used. Now, small-business is booming and MS is releasing a lot of "lite" versions to meet these companies’ needs and budgets, so it's not leaving us much time to get familiar with the products before they become main-stream.
The sweet side of this is that it's new technology, and it's only a matter of time before you figure it out.
A new era of software is upon us and I'm just excited to be a part of it.