Video: Will the Mobile Wars Become a 3-Horse Race?
The last few years have been a dogfight between Apple's iPhone and Google's Android phones, and its been hard for any other mobile platforms to seem relevant in the long term. However, there are early signs that Microsoft's reboot of their Windows Mobile Platform, now called Windows Phone 7, might become a third contender in this clash between mobile titans.
I had the chance to speak with Derik Whittaker, the lead software architect at Allscripts, about NoDo (the latest release of the WP7 OS), the future of the mobile ecosystem, and his company's decision to go all-in on WP7. We also talked about WP7's unique position, having learned their lessons from the walled garden of iOS and the fragmentation of Android.
I had the chance to speak with Derik Whittaker, the lead software architect at Allscripts, about NoDo (the latest release of the WP7 OS), the future of the mobile ecosystem, and his company's decision to go all-in on WP7. We also talked about WP7's unique position, having learned their lessons from the walled garden of iOS and the fragmentation of Android.
Derik is a Software Architect currently working at Allscripts Healthcare helping to move medical software into the 21st century. Lately Derik has been spending the majority of his development energy focused on how to build killer applications for the Windows Phone 7 platform. He has over 10 years of experience developing, mentoring and leading Microsoft based products for a wide variety of different professional fields.
Derik has been award the MVP award in C# for the past 3 years, he is also a member of the ASPInsiders group. He has been working exclusively with .NET since its inception and has professional experience in both VB.NET as well as C#. He is also a follower and believer in the Agile methodologies and has wide array of experience using various Agile techniques in the real world. You can catch Derik online as a member of the blogging group Devlicio.us (http://devlicio.us/blogs/derik_whittaker/) or over at www.DimeCasts.Net.
Outside of his day job you can find Derik hanging out with his beautiful wife Tiffany and 2 sons (Brendan and Ryan). He also enjoys all things sports (Go Blue) and can be found at the local climbing gym on most weekends.
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Mark Unknown replied on Thu, 2011/03/24 - 2:56pm
BTW, i work in the Healthcare industry. Unless they are targeting physicians, i see little use for phone apps for patients. Most patients are older and/or technophiles. And doctors are clamoring for iPhone, iPad and Android apps. They are not going to switch to WP7 just to use the Allscript app. Allscripts needs to support all three so they can sell their platform. Trust me, they need help.
As side note, I have looked into working at Allscripts. It is funny that Derik is trying to move them "into the 21st century" while using the .NET platform. They have to operate in an "enterprise" environment and that platform is sadly lacking in that area. (No, I am not Java-only)
I suggest if they get out of their Microsoft box.
In listening to the discussion, his comments seem very short-sighted, misinformed and only look at part of the picture (which is typical when comparing Microsoft products to anything else).
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