We Hold On

It's common behavior in the technology arena to hold on and wait for the next big thing. Sometimes we wait for bug fixes. Sometimes we wait for new features. It's not just software – I've waited for phones and TVs because I know the next generation will be so much better.

Have you ever picked up a piece of hardware or software and said, "this is perfect - I can't imagine anyone ever making this better?"

If so - how long did that feeling last?

posted on Saturday, June 30, 2007 11:59 PM by scott

Comments

Sunday, July 01, 2007 8:50 AM by Peter Tilbrook

# re: We Hold On

Absolutely! It was called "Cold Fusion" waaayy back in 1995. Now under Adobe steerage (and called "ColdFusion") version 8 is awesome (so far).
Sunday, July 01, 2007 9:14 PM by whiskers

# re: We Hold On

Turbo C. v2.01

Which raises another question: why do we let sales people near anything that's good?
Sunday, July 01, 2007 9:26 PM by scott

# re: We Hold On

I've never tried ColdFusion, but I loved those Turbo compilers. I remember using Turbo Pascal and Turbo C. The software fit on a single floppy!
Monday, July 02, 2007 1:07 AM by Roger Lipscombe

# re: We Hold On

My empeg (http://www.empeg.com/). There's still nothing in the same league, even after 8 years.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007 9:44 AM by Eber Irigoyen

# re: We Hold On

parallels coherence
http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/features/coherence/