I think the main problem is the sustained brain-drain Java is suffering for years now. Lots of brilliant and talented people have left and there aren't enough newcomers to fill the role. There is just no one there anymore who could push the Java language substantially forward (ignoring the technical reasons why it doesn't even make sense to pile further stuff on top of Java for now).
If we're lucky those people leaving Java just went to Scala, if not there talent is lost completely for the JVM world. The remaining ones are now mostly defending their "10-year Java expert skills", unable or unwilling to discover something new, inventing byzantine requirements for other "candidate" languages or making up bizarre obstacles why this or that language can't be "the next Java". At the moment there is a turning point where the decision will be made if every JVM developer might get an additional tool for his/her toolbox (Scala) in the future or if he/she will have no other choice than to use the existing ones for every task, regardless if appropriate or not. I guess that's why some people decided to do some more "aggressive marketing" currently. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/OD15-DAl0aIJ. 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.
