Well said. > From: "John Luce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Research Triangle Java User's Group mailing > list."<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:52:16 -0400 > To: "Research Triangle Java User's Group mailing list." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Juglist] Article: Is Java cooling off? (Amen) > > > 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
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