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On Wed, 10 May 2006, Rex Couture wrote:
> I'm trying not to sound like complaining, but I timed it, and it took 18
> minutes to do a small example by hand (not to mention all time other
> people spent on support :-) ).
I do not want to sound facetious, but it took me more than a week
to setup a second network card for embedded uCLinux development,
plus heavy assistance by professional uCLinux developers.
A complete record can be watched at this web location:
http://blackfin.uclinux.org/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1730&forum_id=116
Comparing the abovementioned Linux discussion with the current
Blackbox discussion, here are a few thoughts and observations.
-- We are lucky that it takes only 18 minutes to solve a BlackBox
problem, plus only a few days of the online discussion.
-- We are less lucky in not having a well-managed website similar
to the one that uCLinux developers have created.
-- A number of paid developers supporting uCLinux is similar to
the number of professional developers supporting Blackbox.
(I mean Analog Devices engineers versus OuS.)
-- Most of the uCLinux public support is done by paid developers.
-- Most of the BlackBox support is done by volunteers.
-- A number of volunteers supporting BlackBox is orders of magnitude
smaller than the number of volunteers participating in uCLinux
forums, not to mention all the other Linux forums.
-- I can reliably count on either having my BlackBox work done
myself, or some other BlackBox volunteer helping me.
-- My productivity under BlackBox is at least an order of magnitude
better than my Linux productivity. Granted, I am a reasonably fluent
BlackBox developer, while I am a very inexperienced Linux developer.
Nevertheless, the difference is staggering in favor of Wirthian tools.
-- I am watching professional Linux/C/C++ developers who are sworn
to using only Linux/C/C++. I would expect their productivity
using their tools to sort of match my productivity using my tools.
Nope.
-- We are lucky to have access to a magic wand that others fail to see.
-- I hope BlackBox will stay alive.
-- I hope a BlackBox website similar to the uCLinux website will eventually
be created, but I am not holding my breath that OuS will do so.
W.
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