> If it were still that way today, most of the startups > that this site revolves around wouldn't exist.

In what way? The startups wouldn't exist because the founders can't handle the tools? Or, are you saying they wouldn't exist because there wouldn't be huge markets of people sharing cats pictures.

The more I think about it, both cases could both be correct, seeing how many people who call themselves developers would find it impossible to write a line of code if they didn't have eclipse....

I knew someone during our senior year of college that couldn't start a new Java class without using the "New Class" menu option in Eclipse. It was painful, to say the least.

So let's have both!

And that would be better, the world could do without a trillion photo apps and dazed kids trying to be businessmen.