Comments on: Atlas for ASP.NET 2.0 is Out! http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2005/09/14/atlas-for-aspnet-20-is-out/ My Experiences with Software Development Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:53:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: B http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2005/09/14/atlas-for-aspnet-20-is-out/#comment-6045 B Tue, 26 Sep 2006 23:10:10 +0000 http://brennanwp.offwhite.net/blog/?p=193#comment-6045 ian: come on, scriptaculous did not invent auto-complete. Ever seen a combo box in VB? This is rid.iculo.us. ian: come on, scriptaculous did not invent auto-complete. Ever seen a combo box in VB? This is rid.iculo.us.

]]> By: Brennan Stehling http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2005/09/14/atlas-for-aspnet-20-is-out/#comment-249 Brennan Stehling Fri, 16 Sep 2005 12:21:08 +0000 http://brennanwp.offwhite.net/blog/?p=193#comment-249 In light of this release being marked as Alpha I will ignore any criticism of bugs at this point. I know it was just to demo just for the PDC will an actual release to come in November. As for MS stealing the code or simply the ideas, my attitude on that has changed for MS due to my issues with Java. If they can centralize the features I hope to use into a consistent set of controls which integrate well in Visual Studio I am happy to see it done. With Java you would be hard pressed to find such useful integration for things like DWR, Hibernate or Spring with the IDE. I want the IDE to assist with using the various frameworks I use, and if that means MS will absorb many ideas in the community to produce something like Atlas than I feel the benefits outweigh the fact that an open source developer was not given direct credit. Apple has done the same... widgets, sherlock, itunes, etc. In light of this release being marked as Alpha I will ignore any criticism of bugs at this point. I know it was just to demo just for the PDC will an actual release to come in November.

As for MS stealing the code or simply the ideas, my attitude on that has changed for MS due to my issues with Java. If they can centralize the features I hope to use into a consistent set of controls which integrate well in Visual Studio I am happy to see it done. With Java you would be hard pressed to find such useful integration for things like DWR, Hibernate or Spring with the IDE. I want the IDE to assist with using the various frameworks I use, and if that means MS will absorb many ideas in the community to produce something like Atlas than I feel the benefits outweigh the fact that an open source developer was not given direct credit. Apple has done the same... widgets, sherlock, itunes, etc.

]]> By: ian http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2005/09/14/atlas-for-aspnet-20-is-out/#comment-248 ian Fri, 16 Sep 2005 02:40:38 +0000 http://brennanwp.offwhite.net/blog/?p=193#comment-248 you should take a look at the comments here: http://mir.aculo.us/articles/2005/09/15/hello-atlas-auto-complexion I'm not fully drinking the railer kool aid yet - primarily because it's missing some api's I can only find in Java at the moment - but this guy has done a lot of really nice work. It's a shame MS took liberty with 'stealing' it. I hope he continues the good work, and is not discouraged. I work in academia under cash strapped conditions, and projects like this have a wonderful effect on the quality of the web clients we can develop. you should take a look at the comments here:
http://mir.aculo.us/articles/2005/09/15/hello-atlas-auto-complexion

I'm not fully drinking the railer kool aid yet - primarily because it's missing some api's I can only find in Java at the moment - but this guy has done a lot of really nice work. It's a shame MS took liberty with 'stealing' it. I hope he continues the good work, and is not discouraged. I work in academia under cash strapped conditions, and projects like this have a wonderful effect on the quality of the web clients we can develop.

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