And don't forget 4. By the time they had delivered Java 6, it was such a mess internally that Sun were incapable of delivering Java 7 before they went bust and Oracle had to pick up the pieces. And, internally, it's still such a mess that getting Java 8 out is still a major uphill battle.
On Saturday, 20 April 2013 01:04:29 UTC+1, JessHolle wrote: > > I think Oracle had initially promoted the notion that they had the > resources, discipline, and release management skill to get Java releases > out on predictable basis. > > It was a nice notion. Certainly they were able to do better than Sun > while Sun was broke. > > Now, however, we're seeing the lie put to that notion. Either: > > 1. Oracle's not willing to put enough of their resources in, > 2. Oracle doesn't have enough bodies with the depth of JVM knowledge > necessary (and one can't develop such experience overnight), or > 3. More bodies won't help -- period. > > I'd guess it's somewhere between 2 and 3 (though 2 often means #1 occurred > some time back when things were looking rosier). > > -- > Jess Holle > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
