From: Mike McKinney <mike@...>
Date: 2008-06-29T06:53:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Where does ruby excel?

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systems engineers (or anyone asked to choose software) usually go with a
nice combo of performance and "reputation" of the vendor/software... in big
(gov) shops, rep wins A LOT.

On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 5:43 PM, John Joyce <
dangerwillrobinsondanger@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Jun 28, 2008, at 3:02 PM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
>
>  David Masover wrote:
>>
>>> The trick is, first of all, programmer time is more important than
>>> performance. If you can throw another ten servers at a problem instead of
>>> another ten developers, that is a massive win.
>>>
>>
>> For some business models, this may be true. In general, it is not. If you
>> do not pay attention to performance in your design process, then your "ten
>> developers" are not earning their keep.
>>
>>
>>
> Basically, Ed is spot on with this.
> While there are some cases where more hardware is a more practical solution
> than more programmers, good programming will rule the day most of the time.
> (microsoft is the exception that comes to mind most...)
>
> While there are lots of things that "work", sensible software design
> decisions will always be better decisions.
>
> Think about systems engineers... they're almost always going to choose
> software performance.
>
>


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Aloha!

Mike McKinney
(http://blog.huikau.com)

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