by Yes, certainly the (large) project's I'm seeing are more and more Java (and
more specifically J2EE) based here in Australia at the expense of MS, and
other, solutions. The difficulty for some clients is still resourcing the
Java parts, but I'm fine with that as the supply/demand model means I get
paid nicely ;)
I certainly disagree with the comment that Java is not as big as it was a
few years back (at least in the circles I work in and from all the sources
of info I have available); I've been following it for years now also and its
only getting stronger and more entrenched, especially server-side and large
web- and distributed applications. I was about to say that, sure, applets et
al have probably lost a bit of support, but then again there's a lot of
hardware vendors etc offering client-side Java tools for configuration etc.
Of course it still a horses-for-courses thing, but Java is an absolutely
crucial component for any server platform IMHO.
Regards,
Joe
> Sent: Friday, 17 August 2001 3:17 PM
> Subject: Re: Linux JDK on FreeBSD (was Re: Alpha JDK 1.2.2 JPDA
> extension 1)
> 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.
> [snip]
> --
> http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2804967,00.html
> > 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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