I agree with both sides. Tech geeks always want to be on the cutting edge / "cool" tech. 10 years ago, that WAS java... now it's "just" a wildly successful but mature and more slowly evolving technology.
That being said, JavaOne was WAY better this year with more excitement and I left feeling Java has a lot more momentum. Last year all the interest was in "what's Oracle gonna kill or start charging a fortune for" but this year there was none of that. Plus it's not hard to make the case Java was stagnating during Sun's death spiral. Like the company or not, Oracle has deep pockets and has Java moving forward on all cylinders again which Sun couldn't do as it hemorrhaged money and people. On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Sven Reimers <[email protected]>wrote: > Same for me... > > Sven > Am 23.10.2011 19:37 schrieb "Kirk" <[email protected]>: > > maybe it's just me but I felt more excitement as this years event than in >> the previous few. >> >> Regards, >> Kirk >> >> On Oct 23, 2011, at 7:31 PM, Chris Koerner wrote: >> >> I thought it was just me when I didn't even want to bother listening to >> the live stream of the event. In many ways Oracle Java is about as >> interesting as Microsoft .Net. But it seems along with the event that >> the enthusiasm over Java has dropped. I remember the days when Java was >> viewed with incredible excitement and everyone couldn't wait to get a chance >> to work on a project using Java. >> >> -- >> 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/-/_CO-i6SZKfQJ. >> 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. >> > -- > 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.
