THE END IS NEAR! On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 11:22 PM, Marcelo Morales <marcelomorales.name@ gmail.com> wrote:
> > Predictions are fun. I *want* to hear javaposse's predictions.... I am > making mine. Mostly positive, following Dick's steps... ;) > > Prediction 1: Java.net, kenai.com, and all community sites get slowly > transitioned to OTN. I think Oracle is a company which has contributed > to open source when it was in it's own vested interest. Most inherited > software is open sourced, so I expect Oracle to abandon the majority > of Sun's Software. This is a test for open source communities. > Prediction 2: The MySQL team gets disbanded (even more) and bought > into deep Oracle positions. > Prediction 3: NetBeans wins the IDE battle and Oracle keeps it as it's > primary development tool before it hits version 12.7.1.0.2.3. NetBeans > has more mindshare and momentum. And Oracle will undoubtedly get rid > of all their current IDE's (Bea's branded eclipse and Jdeveloper). > Prediction 4: Oracle will use Glassfish to compete with Websphere > community edition and jboss as, and succeeds in the long run. > Prediction 5: Oracle will reverse the current state of affairs > regarding Linux and Solaris. Now Oracle has the opportunity to charge > for the OS support instead of helping RedHat. I don't think they'll > pass on that. > Prediction 6: Sun will remain as a brand for Oracle's new hardware > line and there is no other mention of sun anywhere else. Nighttime > arrives for all mankind. > Prediction 7: I think we will see Java skyrocketing and It will > surpass C# language constructs after it hits 12.8.0.1.4.2 > Prediction 8: Data Mining API becomes core java, including ME, JSR 276 > becomes mandatory for JEE, and JPA gets crippled. > Prediction 9: Oracle promises JavaFX but will not deliver. The lack of > a killer JavaFX IDE will be ultimately the doom of the free world. > Prediction 10: The most devious and twisted minds on the Oracle > payroll will search for a politically correct way to kill MySQL, and > they will succeed. > Prediction 11: Luste becomes an zombie warrior, ZFS becomes an ancient > vampire. Both walk the earth as undead minions. > Prediction 12: VirtualBox becomes a cornerstone in all Oracle offerings. > Prediction 13: OpenOffice gets no more support. > Prediction 14: The "enterprise feeling" gets lost, as openMQ, openESB > and all the JBI goodness glides into oblivion. > Prediction 15: James Gosling trims his beard, Jonathan Swartz cuts his > ponytail and Simon Phipps dyes his hair white > Prediction 16: Network.com is red, red, red as an apple. > > -- > Marcelo Morales > > > > -- Viktor Klang Senior Systems Analyst --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
