We've just borged all the JUGs... Members are now being siphoned to their nearest Scala user's group :)
*manaical laughter* But seriously though, Java as a language is pretty stagnant, for those with experience there's little to learn about the core language. related groups such as NoSQL are getting better membership because that space is still dynamic, agile groups such as the extreme Tuesday club are also doing okay. Then there's the alternate-jvm-language groups (clojure, scala, jruby, etc.) They benefit from having a tight-knit community anyway, but also represent a subject that more people are looking to learn. On 19 August 2010 08:59, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]>wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 8/19/10 09:50 , Fabrizio Giudici wrote: > > > > On 8/19/10 02:24 , Robert Mark Bram wrote: > > > >> I am sure that you would have made a different decision and I > >> can understand your sentiment. However, it takes a lot of time > >> and effort to run a JUG; the VJUG has never been very strong and > >> the organisers are frankly left out of puff (and resources too, > >> to a certain extent). > > > >> This post by Martin Paulo explains it best: > >> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ajug-victoria/message/1615 > > I don't understand. I mean, I know that running a JUG is > > difficult, and one is not married to a JUG, as it's time that he > > donates to the community, so he should be able to leave when he > > wants. But on the other hand, the thing seems related to the Oracle > > event, right? Is it related or not? > > > PS. Since January, I've been mentally prepared to quit from my JUG and > from the NetBeans Dream Team, as well as not renewing my consulting > activities with Oracle Italy, in case things go in a direction that I > don't like. So, it's not a kind of decision that I don't understand in > general. It's just that if I ever do that, it will be motivated by > something that Oracle is doing really bad, and it would be decided > after the situation has been evaluated in the proper way and for the > proper amount of time (and after discussing with the other involved > people, where relevant). > > So far, there are no reasons for do that, in my perspective (being the > JUG thing the one with some doubts, because I don't have fully > understood how the relationship with Oracle is going to change - to me > the JUG is a _really_open_thing_, where people even discuss > technologies that are owned by a competitor, such as Flesh/Flex or > Android). > > - -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people > [email protected] > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkxs5EYACgkQeDweFqgUGxfNLACeIXY1tKkm5eeBTSVojxY3z74O > jQEAn0q9aJfuczk1hoTWrO0iOJysRrA2 > =DFag > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > 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]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Kevin Wright mail/google talk: [email protected] wave: [email protected] skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- 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.
