> I think that in increase in popularity of C# is particularly telling, > given its close resemblence to Java. It just goes to show the Java > does not need to be in decline and probably wouldn't be if the people > in control of it (i.e. the 'old guard' at Sun and the JCP committees) > managed it better.
Somehow Sun lost their vision for Java a long time ago and hid behind the compatibility wall. Since Microsoft was forced to start from scratch, they've been able to move rapidly and deliver quite a bit of productive innovation into the mainstream with Hejlsberg, Lippert, Torgerson and now Huginen, Meijer and Gafter at the helm. The open source implementations are not far behind, but enough to be dismissed on that ground alone - in spite of still being leaps and bounds ahead of Java. For the first time I think, we've heard some similar concerns from Joshua Bloch a few days ago - not unlike what Neal Gafter expressed shortly before joining Microsoft: http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/google-exec-worries-over-rudderless-java-586 I have my doubts about Oracle, like many large enterprises they usually see massively complicated $OA stacks with vendor lock-in, before seeing anything else. But I am ready to be surprised. :) -- 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.
