OH You should see the smiles on Java devs faces when they switch to Ruby. -----
If there's a dying language of the two, I'd guess it was Java. On Oct 9, 2011, at 4:14 PM, Robert Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Andrew wrote in post #1025635: >> However, my >> co-worker mentioned that he thinks if we are switching, we should switch >> to >> Java because Ruby is a dying language. >> >> I just about fell out of my seat. *Dying* language? Far from it! Every >> company I know is deploying Ruby applications! > > So you should switch to Java because Ruby is a "dying language?" To a > language invented by a company that is already dead, Sun Microsystems. > And, who's creator abandoned the company when it was taken over by > Oracle. This guy is recommending a switch to Oracle, who's main product > is an old severely aging relational database that costs a small fortune > to deploy and hasn't seen significant changes in decades. Do you really > think that Java is in a great place right now in the hands of the likes > of Oracle? A company who's primary interest is profit, attained by > gouging large enterprises for everything they can possibly get a way > with. > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
