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With SQL2005 and VS2005 coming soon there has never been a better time to be in software.
Whether of not you’re an MS fan, when you dive into the feature sets there are some very significant improvements that lead to Architectural opportunites to change economies of development. Especially for the small experienced team.
The VS team said 2 years ago their goal was to remove 70% of code. I think they have acheived this goal, but in reality this means a team can do more, better and faster. Therefore the threshold of problems an effective team can solve with a given level of resources could lift significantly.
If you can apply the technology opportunity into real business problems potentially all of the traditional Line of Business applications may be fertile ground for new market entrants.
Those with Legacy code that do not invest may find their biggest competitor is the uncharted new entrant.
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