Thoughtworks is pitching for business against big consulting companies, it support their branding as a 'dynamic/agile' company to be seen to be supporting dynamic/agile languages and technology.
But it does point to perception, which is 95% of reality. If Java gets the rep as yesterdays tech because of lack of change, then it will become yesterdays tech. No change, you die. On Sep 4, 9:08 am, Michael Neale <[email protected]> wrote: > Also remember thought works business is selling services/billable > hours, not technology. From that perspective it probably makes sense > (at least for bleeding edge consulting/service businesses). > > On Sep 4, 3:51 am, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > What does popularity have to do with anything? > > > This isn't a measure of popularity (i.e. "technologies that lots of people > > know about") > > It's a report on "technologies that ThoughtWorks thinks you should be aware > > of, and possibly act on" > > > If everything in that report was well known, there wouldn't be any need for > > a radar in the first place. > > > 2010/9/3 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]> > > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 5:43 AM, Jan Goyvaerts > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> Any idea why/how/... they consider Java as being end of life ? > > > > I would take this report with a grain of salt. Call me cynical, but I'm > > > always a bit skeptical of reports issued by organizations that have a > > > financial interest in the content of said reports (Thoughtworks will > > > probably make more money if they can sell trainings on Java, Scala, Ruby, > > > etc... than if they only sell trainings on Java). > > > > To me, the most objective measure of the popularity of a technology is to > > > search for it on the main job web sites. > > > > -- > > > Cédric > > > > -- > > > 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%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > > > .com> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > -- > > Kevin Wright > > > mail / gtalk / msn : [email protected] > > pulse / 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.
