More FUD, Java 7 was delayed for JCP political reasons. Kirk
On Jan 26, 2011, at 5:41 PM, Vince O'Sullivan wrote: > It looks to me like a reasonable description of the current state of > the Java platform. > • Oracle will direct Java innovation... > Java innovation under Sun was rapidly running out of steam with > version 7 was being > repeatedly delayed and the new functionality reduced. Such new > functionality as is > being added to Java is no longer market leading but market catch- > up. Oracle can't do worse. > • OpenJDK is not fully open. > I'm no open source expert but even I can see that a fully open > source version of Java has yet to be delivered. > • The JCP is dying. > Dead, I would say although perhaps undead is a more appropriate > description since is has > become so animated recently. > • Competition will shift to frameworks. > Yep. > • Fewer young developers will learn Java first. > Java's greatest strength comes from it currently being the lingua > franca of software development but it's > declining rapidly on the client and there are many better languages > around for beginners. > > As mentioned in previous answers, there are several things that he > left out but the stuff he did mention is a reasonable (thought not by > any means the only) take on the current state of play. > > Which parts of the article do you think are FUD? > > -- > 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.
