> Ultimately, OSS is a poor vehicle for R&D because the market is every bit as dysfunctional and short-term-gain-seeking as the real market.
My biggest problem is I don't want to invest time anymore keeping up with the latest technology fad. I still write Perl code for this very reason, I invested the time, and it's "good enough" for most problems.
The second biggest problem is the maintenance of software developed using a fad technology. As often happens when I've used something cool it ends up biting me in the ass when a year or two down the line I have to go back and make code changes and the framework/library is no longer maintained, breaks in newer browsers, etc. because people have moved on to something newer and better.
I seriously question the long-term return on investment using new web technologies these days and am very apprehensive about willy-nilly investing time learning and using them until they've gained a significant amount of traction.
My biggest problem is I don't want to invest time anymore keeping up with the latest technology fad. I still write Perl code for this very reason, I invested the time, and it's "good enough" for most problems.
The second biggest problem is the maintenance of software developed using a fad technology. As often happens when I've used something cool it ends up biting me in the ass when a year or two down the line I have to go back and make code changes and the framework/library is no longer maintained, breaks in newer browsers, etc. because people have moved on to something newer and better.
I seriously question the long-term return on investment using new web technologies these days and am very apprehensive about willy-nilly investing time learning and using them until they've gained a significant amount of traction.