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A definition of a nightmare platform

Alex has more or less hit on about the worst description of a platform I can think of:

XYZ is a technology of highs and lows... the highs are when you've finally got something to work that should've worked in the first place, the lows are well... all the times in between.

If you are working on such a platform, make yourself happy, just go away.

Print | posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007 4:44 PM

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# re: A definition of a nightmare platform 11/11/2007 5:45 PM goodwill

I love this one, and its so real! I guess Ayende will label M$ CRM as an example :)

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# re: A definition of a nightmare platform 11/11/2007 6:01 PM Caseyk

Well as Alex was talking about SharePoint, and as I just posted similar comments regarding SharePoint, I think MS CRM falls squarely in this category too - they are both at a similar maturity level, which is one version short of usable really.

Never the less, it's a simple trade off ... work with poor software and get paid well for making it work right ... :)

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# re: A definition of a nightmare platform 11/11/2007 6:04 PM Ayende Rahien

Casey,
I have seen what the next version of MS CRM looks like.
It is... not a significant improvement in all the ways that matter

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# re: A definition of a nightmare platform 11/11/2007 6:15 PM Caseyk

I haven't seen the next version of SharePoint, but MS is putting so much into it, it must be considerably better ... if not, I can always retrain as a plumber!

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# re: A definition of a nightmare platform 11/12/2007 5:42 PM goodwill

I am going to add another couples in it:
1. Great Plains (Read: Great Pain)
2. BizTalk Server 2000/2002
3. SQL Server Integration Service (SSIS)
4. MS Office Automation
Anyone wanna defend for these? :P

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