I do drive my car on the left side of the road. Companies can benefit from being the same as everyone else, but they can also benefit from being different. If it turns out to be hard to get a feature into Java, maintaining a fork (and keeping it up to date with the original) might be worth the effort.
In any case, programming is not only about companies. On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Miroslav Pokorny <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Ricky Clarkson <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> > I don't think the size of the company matters. Even if it's just two >> > people, >> > would you bet the entire future of your company on a language that's six >> > months old and backed up by a vague open source movement? What guarantee >> > do >> > you have that the fork will be maintained, that bugs will get fixed, >> > that >> > new features will be implemented, that performance will keep improving, >> > etc...? >> >> Yes, I would, if one of those two employees was a devoted JVM >> engineer. More seriously, yes, but for small projects only. >> > > Did it ever occur that standard is the most important valuable aspect of any > entity into todays world. Try build train boogeys or carriages that are > incompatible with standard gauge 4 feet 8 1/2 inches and i can almost > guarantee nobody will care. The platform is the jewel, warts and all. You > might lose out because Java is took a while to get fancy for loop, but the > fact that is the global defacto means i also get to select from a zillion > open source libraries or commerical products to solve my next problem. I > might waste have wasted a bit of time with the long form of the for each > loop but in the end i dont care because if i had to use some obscure > platform and language i would probably be stuck because I dont have Java's > plethora of choice. > > If you really believe in forking - try and little social experiment, drive > your car on the left hand side like those in the British Commonwealth. > Everyone knows its the proper, natural side, after all most people walk on > the left and give way to the right. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
