Re:The Cost of Building BlackBerry Apps
by bradleyland on Wednesday December 01, 2010 @05:29PM
(#1959996)
Nobody ever got fired for choosing IBM...
Nobody ever got fired for choosing Microsoft...
Nobody ever got fired for choosing RIM...
Notice a pattern? Taking the "safe" bet is fine for a while, but nothing stays the same forever. Businesses who take advantage of new technologies gain an advantage, not only in the technology department, but in the staffing department. Smart, driven employees want to work at a place where the tools are interesting and current. Burying your head in the sand and reciting, "business users don't care about apps", is about as wrong-headed as sticking to the AS400 platform for new development in the nineties.
Nobody ever got fired for choosing Microsoft...
Nobody ever got fired for choosing RIM...
Notice a pattern? Taking the "safe" bet is fine for a while, but nothing stays the same forever. Businesses who take advantage of new technologies gain an advantage, not only in the technology department, but in the staffing department. Smart, driven employees want to work at a place where the tools are interesting and current. Burying your head in the sand and reciting, "business users don't care about apps", is about as wrong-headed as sticking to the AS400 platform for new development in the nineties.