Clinton A. Pierce [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth:
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*>But the homogenious environment certainly isn't helping things much.
*>Inbreeding only works to a point...
It's not about the books, the books are only a symptom.
Besides, ORA published Perl books starting in '91 and the rest didn't
bother until '97 or so. The rule of the market is that the one who gets
there first retains 75% of the market share for the lifetime of that
market. ORA got there first, established the market and have earned the
recognition that will keep them in that 75% niche for the forseeable
future.
The reason there are so many Java titles is that there is MONEY in the
market for them, good, mediocre or downright horrible they still sell.
When you begin to build an economy around something like Open Source you
have to follow the money.
Why aren't Perl books selling better than Java? There are more jobs
and more money to fuel their sale. Computer books are expensive so if your
job is related to Java, your boss is more likely to approve an expense
report for Java books as opposed to Perl books. My boss probably wouldn't
approve of a Java book purchase as I don't do Java on the job, but I do
use Perl so he might approve that. Follow the money.
The real question here is why are corporations and others paying more and
hiring more Java programmers than Perl? Only they can answer that
question. My guess from observing the industry around me is that Perl is
viewed as a tool language and Java as an application language...people pay
big money for application development and either hire a consultant or tack
toolsmithing onto another employee for tools.
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