"Over time, developers will begin to view Java as a server-side language for enterprises — like COBOL."
What is this, 1997? Is he just now clutching a Java 1.0 era applet and realizing that it's not becoming mainstream? Java isn't just beginning to become a server-side platform, it has been a server-side platform for the past 10+ years. Casting all server-side technology as boring legacy COBOL is out of touch. Many of the most active fields in software today are in server- side software: cloud computing, search engines, data mining, map reduce processing, advanced CI build environments and dev tools, and experimental programming languages with exotic metaphors and abstractions. I definitely agree with the points that Oracle isn't being community friendly, and there is a lot of ugly politics and discord, and the JVM development itself is relatively closed and progress within the JVM has stalled. But nevertheless, a lot of the industry's most interesting and vibrant activity and open source community efforts are being built on the JVM platform outside of official Oracle/JCP sanction. -- 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.
