I have finally managed to get up to date with the posts or I might have posted earlier.
I used to be very much indifferent to Oracle. I had no reason to care about what they did until they acquired Sun. If they had not done so I expect nothing would have changed on that front. As time has gone on I have tried to hope for the best while fearing the worst. The idea of buying goodwill seems to be made ridiculous as kind of a case and point by the Oracle acquisition. Oracle may have bought Sun but it is clearly nothing like them for better or worse. I have become more aware of Suns failings due to things brought to my attention on these forums. In the sort term I think Java really needs the money and resources of someone like Oracle and/or IBM to reverse the stagnation. If Sun were still around, (and as much as I miss them) they would likely still not have the money to move Java forward. My enthusiasm for the Java space is not as it was. I am still here but it feels like I have lost my Mojo (I want my Mojo back!) There is a pragmatism to staying aloof of the political fighting which goes on between technologies and just using what works or what I am paid to develop with. Pragmatic it may be but I find I miss being enthused about some kind of technology and right now I am plodding without my enthusiasm being redirected. The more time I spend on this forum the more I feel like my own remarks are impetuous and show a lack of experience. To that end I don't feel confident in knowing what the 'right' thing is to do next. Sometimes Java feels like it really is dying but other times not. Should I leave? Should I stay. Java has flaws and seemingly so does everything else I look at too. I would (and strictly speaking have) paid money to Sun in some form but I would be most begrudged to do business with Oracle seeing the kind of company they appear to be unless I had by necessity a need to do so. I own a Mac but am not an Apple fan but have some need to support Mac O/S X and therefore felt a need to do business there regardless of whether I felt owning a Mac was worthwhile. -- 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.
