products dont kill people, people kill people.
verdict: on windows, aptana is slow and clunky. shame, too, because my comparably spec’d core duo iMac runs it nearly flawlessly…and it provided the most efficient javascript development experience I’ve ever had. A task that I was dreading for a week and a half was…well..to quote chris pirillo “more less sucky”.
The real reason for my commentary today has to do with alot of people who are commenting and digging aptana, which i think is great for the product promotion. over 2000 diggs at the moment for an article claiming that aptana is a “Dreamweaver killer“. I dont want to get started on my “anti product-killer” rant right now, but the fact of the matter is that this product wont ever kill dreamweaver for the same reason microsofts zune isn’t going to kill the ipod. community. products that are built around a community of users are practically impossible to kill because you not only have to offer a better product, but an incentive to leave all of your friends and make new friends. I dont know about you, but that doesnt sound like something I’m interested in doing any time soon.