>>>Depends on how you look at it. The author is not the only one who has said Java is in trouble.
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>>In Trouble <> Dead.
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>>Being close to the Fox community you'd think we'd all be a little more honest about this.
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>But in our case, it was one group that loudly proclaimed Fox was dead. Many people listened. In the Java community, the cry is coming from many sources, including leaders inside the community.

It is only a conincidence that C# is now out and in competition against Jave, and MS is pushing it, right? :-)

This reminds me of an email from Gates, released during the trial, in which Gates said he would like to find a poll that said was favored by the public by 85%. TWO WEEKS LATER such a poll appeared, with that exact same number. Really convenient. Then there are the fameous Gartner research papers that were posted on their site. Extremely favorable to Microsoft. In fact, they forgot to remove the MS PR logo at the bottom, until it was pointed out to them that PR from companies released under the guise of 'research' doesn't really qualify as real research.

Personally, I don't believe these 'sources'. Psychophants abound, especially when there is money and favor to be gained.

Besides, the idea of software being 'dead' is ludicrous. Even DOS is not dead. Win95 is no longer sold or supported by MS, yet untold millions still run it. It's the major OS on our 300 workstations. Word Perfect is not dead. Software doesn't 'wear out' like a Detroit product, although certain applications are notorious for being lemons.

If an app is doing what you want it to do, the way you want it done, then that app will live until you no longer need it. That is why DOS is still being sold and used, and clones of it are still being created. Some applications run best under DOS and cannot be beat by the latest and greatest GUI app from Redmond or any other software house. I had a former client contact me about a month ago with a tough coding problem. He's been running his photo store on Advanced Revelation 3.12 (a DOS RDMS based on Pick) since 1987. When asked why he didn't "upgrade" he replied "why? It does what I want, I can change it when my needs change, it is lightening fast, and I don't have any license fees or upgrades to worry about."

In his case, even a move to Linux would probably not be beneficial. But, for grins, I did suggest it. ;-)

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