As a long-time opponent of Microsoft, I have to admit that I have turned to the "Dark Side"...
Why? The Java community is so fractured and there are so many different packages that it makes it impossible for someone to break into the software world. I have 18 years of software development, I have 1 year in Java (albeit 3 years ago now) but never did J2EE or JBoss or BEA or Websphere. So, I could never get hired. So, I took a C# class, an Oracle class or 2 and VOILA!! I became desired again. I am looking at 3 offers in that arena right now after 3 years of nothing. Why? Because the Java community is one of the worst offenders in effete snob-dom. There is nothing new under the Sun (pun intended), just new terminolgy for what we've always done. And with all these companies and groups bitterly fighting over their turf, the serfs will never rise. With a CLR now available for Linux and other Unices, developing in Visual Studio .net and moving the intermediate code over is just so Java-like, who needs the contentiousness that the Java Communities are creating. Just my $.02, but I know excellent software people who have worked hard in Java training who are moving to Mickeysoft because they are embraced for what they know, not condemned for what they don't know on a package by package basis. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard O. Hammer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Java Users Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 9:06 AM Subject: [Juglist] Article: Is Java cooling off? > This article, "Is Java cooling off?", will probably interest some of > our members. > > <http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5248580.html> > > > _______________________________________________ > Juglist mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org _______________________________________________ Juglist mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://trijug.org/mailman/listinfo/juglist_trijug.org
