The amusement park thing made sense to me. It was illustrating the Oracle culture. The money had already been spent and so it wasn't a cost saving exercise. Making a point about "We don't do employee appreciation events". Oracle has a very different culture. It strikes me as being a whole lot less caring about its employees.
I am sure the point is going to be made endlessly about "But Sun went out of business" as though everything that was good about Sun is irrelevant because it went out of business (but that said I clearly don't believe that). One thing which I am not really clear about in the case of James Gossling is whether he likes all the attention he gets. In some circles he is kind of worshiped and I wonder if he likes that or not. Some people love getting that kind of attention where as others would really hate it. His post implies that he may not like that aspect as such but on the other hand the senior fellow status seems to appeal. I don't know him well enough for form a conclusive opinion about what mentality he has. -- 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.
