Certainly the excitement in Java this year had to be about JVM performance and JavaFX. JavaFX finally feels real.
Kirk On Oct 23, 2011, at 9:17 PM, Sean Comerford wrote: > 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. -- 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.
