On Jun 30, 8:30 am, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: First, you suggest that Java is only hanging on due to lock-in and that it lacks genuine developer interest. You could similarly say that developers use the HTTP protocol because of "lock-in" rather than being genuinely passionate about the protocol itself. Developers aren't passionate about the specifics of Java's language syntax. But they are passionate about cloud computing, big data, advanced parallel computing paradigms, alternative programming languages, NLP, data mining, machine learning, and tons of other areas that have very vibrant and passionate communities where the Java ecosystem and tech stack plays a prominent role. A lot of these guys actually hate Java the language and Oracle, but the overall Java ecosystem often provides the most attractive fit.
> Neither Chrome, Firefox, Pacasa, Google > Earth or any other large known application (other than IDE's) are Java > based. Now this is just flat out trolling. You don't think people have built big applications around Java Hadoop and Hive and Pig and Cassandra? You don't think there are large, complex, and successful scientific and server side web apps built in Java? Even on the client, you have things like Minecraft and Android. -- 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.
