Friday, November 15, 2002

the most important event of this year is coming very soon - the new BOND movie! i am a huge james bond fan, and this movie might be the best yet. my favorite bond movie so far is goldeneye, which has the perfect blend of action and attention to bond's psychology. the "die another day" trailer indicates that this new movie might have a similar mix of traits. TME engineering might catch the movie next week as as pre-GLUE 3.3 treat. 3:02:03 AM

IDEA 3.0 was released recently. it is an awesome piece of work, and it is refreshing to see such a vibrant company (jetbrains) at work, innovating consistently and always coming up with cool new ideas. i use IDEA every day, and couldn't do without it! when the cost of a typical developer is $80-150k a year, IDEA pays for itself in just a few days. the eclipse vs. IDEA debate brings some interesting questions to bear, namely whether these huge IBM-funded open source projects are ultimately a good thing or not. if eclipse continues to copy the innovations coming out of jetbrains and incorporate them into eclipse, does it end up suppressing one of the few true innovators in the marketplace? 2:57:09 AM

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