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by Joe Shelby.
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jbob: as a developer, I typically need to leave my IDE in order to collaborate and communicate with other developers. Isn't this the same as the pre-telephone days when people had to leave our homes to communicate with others? Once telephones became common place in every home, communication increased dramatically. As a developer, I am "at home" in my IDE, yet the ability to communicate hasn't made it into that home yet.
I would suggest