Talk:Comparison of integrated development environments: Difference between revisions

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I would like to propose some changes to the organizational structure of the chart, and before doing so I'd like to get feedback from others who use and/or help to maintain this article.

* <strike>Removal of "Latest stable release". This puts an undue strain on the maintenance of the chart, as I don't think people consider release date to be a first-tier consideration, i.e. ''this IDE is perfect for my needs, but the latest release is a month old so I'm going to pass''. It is relevant for an IDE to be reasonably up-to-date, but this is a detail that the user can probably afford to check on his own after picking some candidates.</strike>

* Removal of "Author". I don't think this is relevant at all to the function of the IDE, unless a person is looking for a ''specific'' IDE "made by so-and-so", in which case they aren't really interested in a ''comparison'' of IDEs but rather a list of de facto IDEs.

* Replacement of "Proprietary" license type. I think this plays too much into the duality of proprietary vs open source. Let's instead state specifically what kind of proprietary license it is -- shareware, freeware, shrinkwrap, etc and only resort to "proprietary" if it is difficult to describe.

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:How about we keep a uniform month/year stamp for the latest release, so that there is an idea of how active the development is, without having to include the details of version numbers? At least, to me it doesn't seem like comparing version numbers from two different programs really makes sense. [[User:Ham Pastrami|Ham Pastrami]] 10:11, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

:Since there have been no more comments, I am removing version numbers from the table. The uniform display will be month and year. [[User:Ham Pastrami|Ham Pastrami]] 22:13, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

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