Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:17:04 +0800 From: Michael Robinson <robinson@netrinsics.com> To: java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux JDK on FreeBSD (was Re: Alpha JDK 1.2.2 JPDA extension 1) Message-ID: <20010817131704.B10288@elephant.netrinsics.com> In-Reply-To: <200008031443.IAA29638@nomad.yogotech.com>; from nate@yogotech.com on Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 08:43:00AM -0600 References: <200008030637.OAA00807@netrinsics.com> <200008031443.IAA29638@nomad.yogotech.com>
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I thought this was interesting news, particularly in light of the quote
below:
SAN FRANCISCO -- Developers using Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java
programming language will outnumber those using the C/C++ languages
by next year, the findings of a series of studies conducted by
Evans Data Corp. and released late Wednesday show.
Presenting the firm's research findings at IBM's Solutions technical
developers conference here on Wednesday afternoon, Janel Garvin,
vice president of research at Evans, said that more than half of
North American developers use Java today, with that number expected
to rise by 10 percent next year.
The research also shows that Java usage has been rising at the
expense of Visual Basic and C/C++. "This means that, for the first
time, more North American developers will be using Java than Visual
Basic or C/C++ next year," Garvin said. "Java usage is even stronger
outside North America, with almost 60 percent of developers expecting
to spend some part of their programming time using Java."
-- http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2804967,00.html
On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 08:43:00AM -0600, Nate Williams wrote:
> However, methinks you're a wee bit over the top with Java. Java is not
> *nearly* as big as it was a couple years back. Sun screwed the pooch
> with it's licensing issue, and Java 1.3 is still not supported well on
> most platforms. Heck, for that matter, only *two* platforms have a
> usable/stable JDK1.3 platform (and Linux isn't one of them, although it
> has a 'beta' quality release).
>
> Java is but one *minor* piece of the puzzle, which you tend to focus on
> since it's your job. (And, in case you're wondering, I lead the team in
> the JDK1.1 port from 1.1.4 and have been making my living as a Java
> programmer for nearly 5 years now, since the JDK1.0 days).
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