Ask YC: Are there *any* startups using ASP.NET?

Re:Ask YC: Are there *any* startups using ASP.NET? by sohail on Tuesday November 20, 2007 @03:06PM (#82105)

I'm not sure that getting ASP.NET guy up and running and more productive faster is a laudable goal. Say productivity of ASP.NET guy is f(t) where t is time and productivity of <something-else> guy is g(t). I would submit that there exists some T where g(t) > f(t) for all t > T (t starts at 0, for simplicity.)

That is my stupid way of saying, who gives a crap how long stupid ASP.NET guy takes to get productive? In the long run, inevitably, someone else will be better.

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Re:Ask YC: Are there *any* startups using ASP.NET? by DanielBMarkham on Tuesday November 20, 2007 @03:09PM (#82109)

"That is my stupid way of saying, who gives a crap how long stupid ASP.NET guy takes to get productive? In the long run, inevitably, someone else will be better."

I liked it better with the forumlas. (grin) Seriously -- that's a good point. But I don't think it is language-dependent. Might be. I don't know. From what I've seen languages and platforms are just new and interesting ways for programmers to shoot themselves in the foot. Good programming remains the same now as it was decades ago. That is, unless somebody has started using the force and I don't know about it.

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Re:Ask YC: Are there *any* startups using ASP.NET? by sohail on Tuesday November 20, 2007 @03:09PM (#82108)

I will add, then all that is remaining for g(t) > f(t) for t > 0 is for someone to box up <something-else> in an easily digestible form. Then what?

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