Development tools (was Is PowerHouse DEAD?)

[Jonbickel@aol.com]

As I recall, the last time the "PowerHouse Dead?" debate went
around, someone asked for the sharing of success stories from 
those who had moved from PowerHouse to other technologies and 
had enjoyed the same range of opportunities and financial 
reward in their new field as they had in the PowerHouse arena.
No one stepped up to the plate.  Perhaps there are those who could share such an experience, but I would regard them as the lucky exception rather than the rule.

I think that Jon (Kvisli) hit the nail on the head in 
mentioning the trend toward standardized off the shelf 
packages.  Combined with other factors, it seems that this
is resulting in the shrinkage of the custom application 
development trade as a whole.

So - yes, the PH market is shrinking - but so is the market
for many tools.  PH is a quality product.  I expect that it
will not go away completely until the whole apps/dev 
profession is significantly reduced as well.

(Just my 0.02)

Jon Bickel