Comments on: Ruby vs. the enterprise http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/2006/03/20/ruby-vs-the-enterprise/ A little bit technology, a little bit rock-n-roll Mon, 31 May 2010 00:50:56 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mischa Kroon http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/2006/03/20/ruby-vs-the-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-1641 Mischa Kroon Mon, 17 Apr 2006 10:08:51 +0000 http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/?p=115#comment-1641 Shame on you for picking on VB developers :P Why is it always the VB developers who get picked on ??? Shame on you for picking on VB developers :P

Why is it always the VB developers who get picked on ???

]]> By: Thought Leadership http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/2006/03/20/ruby-vs-the-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-1556 Thought Leadership Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:06:14 +0000 http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/?p=115#comment-1556 <strong>Is James McGovern too Enterprisey?</strong> I have been noodling several things said by David Heinemeier Hansson and James Robertson who are co-Presidents of my fan club and their interesting outsider looking in perspectives on the enterprise. Felt it was not only important to respond to their... Is James McGovern too Enterprisey?

I have been noodling several things said by David Heinemeier Hansson and James Robertson who are co-Presidents of my fan club and their interesting outsider looking in perspectives on the enterprise. Felt it was not only important to respond to their…

]]> By: Christopher Murray http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/2006/03/20/ruby-vs-the-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-1469 Christopher Murray Sat, 08 Apr 2006 21:59:12 +0000 http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/?p=115#comment-1469 Chad, I am new to your site but I am totally digging you insights. I currently am Director of Online Technology at CXO Media ... but before that spent years with Lucent in a large 'enterprise'. I agree that it is far more important to listen to what the business needs and make decisions on platforms and languages based on that. At Lucent, we created hugely valuable tools using PHP connected to the Oracle backends of our Documentum and Vantive applications. We gave the business data in the context in which they required it ... simple as that. We listened to what that business needed as they moved along. Chad, I am new to your site but I am totally digging you insights. I currently am Director of Online Technology at CXO Media … but before that spent years with Lucent in a large ‘enterprise’. I agree that it is far more important to listen to what the business needs and make decisions on platforms and languages based on that. At Lucent, we created hugely valuable tools using PHP connected to the Oracle backends of our Documentum and Vantive applications. We gave the business data in the context in which they required it … simple as that. We listened to what that business needed as they moved along.

]]> By: Thought Leadership http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/2006/03/20/ruby-vs-the-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-1294 Thought Leadership Sat, 25 Mar 2006 19:25:14 +0000 http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/?p=115#comment-1294 <strong>Ruby and the Struggle of Perspectives</strong> Lot of folks have chimed in on a previous posting on Ruby and responded with passion and supplied their own perspectives but zero facts. One of the reasons I blog is that in my travels, I tend to talk to lots of folks and hear interesting perspective... Ruby and the Struggle of Perspectives

Lot of folks have chimed in on a previous posting on Ruby and responded with passion and supplied their own perspectives but zero facts. One of the reasons I blog is that in my travels, I tend to talk to lots of folks and hear interesting perspective…

]]> By: Roger Culter http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/2006/03/20/ruby-vs-the-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-1276 Roger Culter Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:53:11 +0000 http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/?p=115#comment-1276 In reading McGovern's post, it seems as if he simply shared the perspective of others within large enterprise environments with the community and even disclaimed that not all of the issues where ones he believes in. The Ruby community is missing out on a big opportunity to "understand" enterprise decision making. One can make fun at it or attempt to master it. He offered to assist the community in this regard with zero takers which should be considered a lost opportunity to move the needle. In reading McGovern’s post, it seems as if he simply shared the perspective of others within large enterprise environments with the community and even disclaimed that not all of the issues where ones he believes in.

The Ruby community is missing out on a big opportunity to “understand” enterprise decision making. One can make fun at it or attempt to master it. He offered to assist the community in this regard with zero takers which should be considered a lost opportunity to move the needle.

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