Truth be told, if it wasn't for Bill Gates, Apple *would* have been dead. That's a historical fact [http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/ 2009/08/dayintech_0806/]
Somehow I don't see either Billy boy, nor father Jobs, jumping in with a bag of $ for this one! On Oct 28, 8:35 pm, Rob Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > This reminds me of the constant "Apple is dead" threads one used to hear > starting in the mid 90's. > > You don't hear that anymore though, do you? :) > > Rob > > On Oct 28, 2010, at 9:00 AM, clay wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'd summarize: > > > - Java has never been a major platform for consumer desktop apps. This > > really isn't changing, unless you consider Android. > > - Java desktop is very successful for dev tools and thousands of niche > > custom vertical desktop apps. This really isn't changing either. > > - Could you replace Java with toolset xyz? Absolutely. If whoever owns > > the project decides for whatever reason that they want to switch from > > toolset "A" to toolset "B", they can generally do so. > > - Java is most prominent outside the desktop for server-side, headless > > (no GUI) apps, and non-applied theoretical research. > > - For some weird reason, some variant of the question, "Is Java Dead?" > > is asked constantly, and this has been going on for years. It's > > probably representative of an anxiety in the Java community and the > > fact that "Java" has image and perception problems in the zeitgest of > > today. > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://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.
