Buch
2004-04-22 10:01:04 UTC
I have 3 ideas about making JBuilder better so I will split it in 3 posts,
one per day, to keep traffic :))
Here is small introduction and first one.
Market changes, and companies must adapt&innovate.
There is visible trend indicating that IDE-s are soon going to be same or
very simmilar, so in light of this JBuilder will be not so special any more,
in near future.
I dont think there is much space to improove IDE itself. Its hard to come
with new ideas about IDE anyway, and if different vendor comes with
something r/evolutionary, I sure it will be implemented in JBuilder. So,
improvements to distinguish JBuilder from competition should be made on
other areas.
Why? Well, I (and presumably major majority of buyers) would not spend money
on something that can be found for free.
First suggestion is to maximalize on plugins area.
Take a look at very nice and rarely usefull page such as
www.eclipseplugincentral.com
Make something like this on Borland web pages, and do one step more.
Make life easier for commercial plugin developers.
Enable plugin developers to sell plugins on Borland site, with Borland
e-commerce solution.
Like, developer makes plugin, Borland certifies compatibility, signs a
contract, and put demo plugin for download, and hyperlink Buy
leads to e-commerce solution, buyer enters his credit card number, downloads
software, and developer gets money.
Every plugin on one site, showing how rich JBuilder is ...
Creating a pool of gratefull developers, possibly recruit few of them when
needed ...
And users would love it, having one page to look for plugin they want,
instead of googling like maniacs .. :))
There are lot of things that could be also made, like archive and search
engine for this newsgroups (yes, there is already one, but that could be
face-lifted),
jobs, etc ...
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one per day, to keep traffic :))
Here is small introduction and first one.
Market changes, and companies must adapt&innovate.
There is visible trend indicating that IDE-s are soon going to be same or
very simmilar, so in light of this JBuilder will be not so special any more,
in near future.
I dont think there is much space to improove IDE itself. Its hard to come
with new ideas about IDE anyway, and if different vendor comes with
something r/evolutionary, I sure it will be implemented in JBuilder. So,
improvements to distinguish JBuilder from competition should be made on
other areas.
Why? Well, I (and presumably major majority of buyers) would not spend money
on something that can be found for free.
First suggestion is to maximalize on plugins area.
Take a look at very nice and rarely usefull page such as
www.eclipseplugincentral.com
Make something like this on Borland web pages, and do one step more.
Make life easier for commercial plugin developers.
Enable plugin developers to sell plugins on Borland site, with Borland
e-commerce solution.
Like, developer makes plugin, Borland certifies compatibility, signs a
contract, and put demo plugin for download, and hyperlink Buy
leads to e-commerce solution, buyer enters his credit card number, downloads
software, and developer gets money.
Every plugin on one site, showing how rich JBuilder is ...
Creating a pool of gratefull developers, possibly recruit few of them when
needed ...
And users would love it, having one page to look for plugin they want,
instead of googling like maniacs .. :))
There are lot of things that could be also made, like archive and search
engine for this newsgroups (yes, there is already one, but that could be
face-lifted),
jobs, etc ...
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