Programmer Has Problems with Microsoft
January 21, 2014
Has Microsoft lost the ability to quickly pivot with changes in the tech landscape? One programmer explains why it’s now the Java-community life for him in “Thank You Microsoft, and So Long…” at Byte Rot. The blogger known as Aliostad begins by tracing his relationship with assorted programming languages, then looks ahead to changes that are either on their way or already here.
As the article presents them, a couple of these predictions do indeed look bad for Microsoft. For example, the write-up anticipates a tech industry centered around big data solutions, on which Microsoft has not exactly been leading the way. It also asserts that, since horizontal scaling is becoming paramount, middleware like BizTalk and even enterprise databases themselves are on the way out. Check out the article’s reasoning and see whether you agree (at least one of the commenters did not.)
Whatever your opinion of Microsoft’s future, Aliostad has made his game plan for a field in flux.
He shares:
“I will carry on writing C#, ASP.NET Web API and read or write from SQL Server and do my best to write the best code I can. But I will start working on my Unix skills (by using it at home) and pick up one or two JVM languages (Clojure, Scala) and work on Hadoop. I will take Big Data more seriously. I mean real seriously… I need to stay close to where innovation is happening which sadly is not Microsoft now. From the Big Data to Google Glass and cars, it is all happening in the Java communities – and when I mean Java communities I do not mean the language but the ecosystem that is around it. And I will be ready to jump ships if I have to. And still wish Microsoft wakes up to the sound of its shrinking, not only in the PC market but also in its bread and butter, enterprise.”
Is this piece correct, is Microsoft really becoming obsolete? Somehow, I think the behemoth has the resources to adapt, even if it is a little late to the revised game. Spare no tears for Microsoft.
Cynthia Murrell, January 21, 2014
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