I didn't want to swear! But homepage Previous article Comments makes me angry. This editor misses the meaning of the original author and uses a shameless news headline.
Take a look at the original text:
Boring Is not Always Good So, what do you think about when you think about Sun? Computers, networks, operating systems ... and Java. There's the problem, because Java is boring. Java is the safe choice. Java is COBOL. YOU WON 'GET FIRED for Choosing Java. Banks Use Java. Telephone Companies Use Java. Cios Like Java.
And that's not good enough. I think Sun, to compete successfully against IBM's Global Services infantry and Microsoft's Windows / Office entrenchments, has to get out in front and exercise thought leadership. We brought the computer that assumes a network to market, and did well . We brought the filesystem that spans the network to market, and did well. We brought the Unix operating system with commercial documentation and support to market, and did well. We brought RISC processors to market, and did well. We brought a clean minimal Object-Oriented Infrastructure To Market, And Did Well. All of Those Things Are Convenctional Wisdom Now, But When Sun First Did Them, They WERE WAY OUT IN FRONT.
And Java is not out in front Let's be clear:. I've been a software professional for twenty years and I think that Java, supported by modern XP / Agile-Development methods and a good IDE, offers a combination of quality, productivity , and openness that nothing else comes close to. But I'm sorry, it's not new and it's not exciting. J2EE is not either. EJBs are not either. Generics and autoboxing and variable-length argument lists are good things, but they're not exciting.So Sun obviously is not going to walk away from Java, but if we're going to exercise thought leadership at any level above base OS / Network infrastructure, it probably will not be because of J2SE1.6 Or who Decide to Call IT.
The main meaning of the original author is that now Java is no longer a very new thing, it has been unable to bring you a surprise (Sun's innovation brings a lot of surprises).
Especially in this comment, annotations about Java IS Boring: Java language is an ugly, annoying programming language, in a sense similar to COBOL.
WTF.
Original meaning: Java language is a bit bored because it is everywhere, everywhere is ubiquitous, which is similar to COBOL (the most widely used language).
If a commentator does not have a technical background, he should not comment on the technical article!
I am just two sentences:
"Save children!"
