On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 10:30 AM, victorg <[email protected]> wrote: > I manage several projects at Credit Suisse and I can tell you we do > rely heavily on Spring in all of them. > In addition, some of our highest profile applications make liberal use > of reflection. > > I am extremely impressed by the degree to which Credit Suisse adapts > the latest technologies and really pushes the envelope on Java. Having > worked for several major banks in my career, I can say that in an > enterprise our size that is extremely rare. In addition, we have some > of the smartest people I have ever worked with making some amazing > decisions about architecture and direction. > > I can testify that the points your interviewees have mentioned were > nothing more than unfounded rumors - no smoke, no fire! > > I am proud that Credit Suisse is on the JCP and I think we have some > of the best experience in the world with concepts such as money and > time, to help drive some really important JSR's in a direction that > will be meaningful to the financial markets as well as the software > development community at large. > > But given CS is all about finance what has that got to do w/ Java 7 and Java 8 in terms of determing if they are a good or bad idea or perhaps need comments so something is fixed or altered ? Finance and a computer language are quite different. I would suggest that a bank and similar institutions make sense when defining a JSR for Money and similarly related business activities but not a computer langauge.
> This is an expensive endeavor for us but we are taking it extremely > seriously, dedicating a huge amount of staff and resources to it. > > We will look forward to the contribution of the Java development > community at large as we sponsor new JSR's > > Thanks, Victor Grazi > VP Application Development > Credit Suisse. > > Please follow the attached hyperlink to an important disclosure: > http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/marketcommentary > > On Dec 7, 7:22 pm, Liam Knox <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have heard from several candidates that I have interviewed that Credit > > Suisse, on Java, forbid any use of Reflection by their developers and are > > anti-Spring. I really hope that this is not really a company wide policy > for > > any company on the JCP. > > > > On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 10:56 PM, Miroslav Pokorny < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > How did Credit Suisse become a member of the JCP ? I assumed from their > > > name they are a bank, and as such produce a lot of inhouse custom > software > > > but very little software for everyone else. For me this should > disqualify > > > them, as their motives become purely selfish while a company or group, > doing > > > foss or selling software is actually part of the mainstream and not so > > > focused. > > > > > -- > > > 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%[email protected]> > <javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > . > > > 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]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- mP -- 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.
