Hi all, Some of you may consider this off-topic (apologies to those that think it is OT), but I think it's pertinent to generate this discussion: given Oracle's lawsuit against Google < http://bit.ly/bMEL6A >, is Java a viable programming language anymore? I think the threat of Oracle adversely affecting the Java community has just become more real.
Motivation: I am at the early stages of implementing a web app on GAE using Java, but if I need to switch to Python, I shouldn't delay it any more. I understand that Java SE and EE are licensed differently from Java ME, nonetheless... Oracle's doesn't enjoy a very good reputation in the open source world, and I don't trust them, though up to this point it was just an intrinsic mistrust, without any firm reason behind it. Java development as a language has also been held up/very slow over the past few years. Oracle's stewardship only makes things more iffy (are those the correct spellings :-)?). What I like about Java SE: the fantastic tutorial (even today it can sometimes come in handy), javadoc, simplicity, no useless syntactic sugar (unlike everything designed by Microsoft). On the other hand, Java EE... is a morass... Anyway, what do you guys think? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine for Java" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine-j...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine-java+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en.
