06/10/2009 11:40:44 AM EST
Hi, you mentioned the Jolt awards and continuous integration, but you didn't mention OpenMake Software's Meister, which won a Jolt award this year and includes continuous integration with its build automation solution. OpenMake's Mojo Max, the continuous integration and workflow automation product recently won the Code Project's Reader's Choice award. We feel such industry distinction merits the mention of our products in this article. Our solution in fact extends further to providing more benefits to developers than the products you mention. OpenMake provides true build automation, where with most of the others your are required to create or customize your own build solution and the tool provides only a means to remotely execute the scripts and report back the result. Meister provides tight control of compile and archiving commands, dependency management, reporting, test automation, source code control integration and many other features out of the box with no scripting or complex XML configuration required. Perhaps if you were to write an article on the future of continuous integration, a future where developers are not required to spend valuable time to design, code, test and maintain their own scripts to have a continuous integration server do something meaningful, then it would be appropriate to highlight our solutions. I did enjoy your market analysis. We offer continuous integration as part of build automation, for which we have offered a uniquely robust solution for enterprises and workgroups for 14 years. Supporting a company solely on continuous integration (without build automation) and report consolidation seems risky, and that is also why our Mojo product is free for unlimited use. Sean Blanton, Ph.D. Sr. Architect and Agile Practice Leader
United StatesSean Blanton
06/12/2009 05:41:20 PM EST
Hi there, Interesting article. I couldn't help but write a blog post with some thoughts of my own on the subject: http://www.build-doctor.com/2009/06/12/continuous-integration-doom-and-goom Though, to be fair I think we should both get down the betting shop and wager on the outcome :) Julian.
United KingdomJulian Simpson
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