IIRC, When BEA did this their stock dipped because it was the first time stockholders realized that Jboss was a threat to BEA.
I guess M$ is being more careful by not recognizing that open source is a threat but talking about "soccer moms" writing software. > From: Michael Czeiszperger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Research Triangle Java User's Group mailing > list."<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 00:10:20 -0400 > To: "Research Triangle Java User's Group mailing list." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Juglist] Programming as a hobby > > http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/29/technology/29data.html > > To a certain extent this move is a threat to Java. Not only does the > popularity of a particular technology with the public color everyday > speech, but the view of the hobby programmer often reaches management. > I remember sitting in a meeting with senior management about a > project's schedule, and the V.P. of Technology, a non-programmer, > wanted to know why a project was taking so long when he could write a > program in an afternoon in VB while watching the superbowl. > > ___________________________________________________________________ > michael at czeiszperger dot org > Chapel Hill, NC > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
