Java is also the most widely used programming language in the world. What
the heck is so evil about it?
Ronn! replied:For some, that is sufficient reason to consider it evil, just as M$ is considered evil because of its industry dominance.
I responded:
Given the fact that Java was originally intended in part as a tool to break Micro$oft's dominance of the industry, the irony of that is just staggering...
Ronn! retorted:
All I was saying is that some people are always going to criticize whoever's at the top simply because they are on top.
I certainly agree with you, I just think that some people probably need to pick their battles a little more carefully, supporting Sun's efforts to somewhat weaken Micro$oft hegemony in the computer world... although I guess I can see where someone might draw a parallel with political events of the past 20 years or so and come to a different conclusion.
Lemme 'splain that one. The US supported Iraq when Iran was the enemy in that part of the globe. The US supported Bin Laden against the Soviet Union when USSR/CCCP was the big-bad in Afghanistan. I suppose that could certainly be seen as a lesson that the enemy of my enemy is not always my friend, and that just because Sun is attacking Micro$oft hegemony with Java doesn't mean that a Sun hegemony would be any better.
But I still think it's ironic! :-P
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