As Tor indicated, every single employee at Sun is potentially on the chopping block. Whether Oracle's deal continues unobstructed by the department of justice, or Sun continues on its own, nearly everyone is unsure as to where Sun is headed. As Josh indicated, the great thing about Open Source is that the JRuby guys will continue to work on JRuby; nothing has changed in that regard. This move simply allows that group to have a steady paycheck and concentrate on what they love instead of being worried about whether they have a job tomorrow. They got an offer, and they all "moved" together to the new job to continue on. Honestly, I would have done the same as well.
--Ryan On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Michael Kimsal <mgkim...@gmail.com> wrote: > Whatever Sun's commitment level to JVM languages may be, > this seems to say to me that people don't believe Sun (as whatever > entity in Oracle they will be visible as) will be the ultimate decision > maker > when it comes to commitment levels (in the form of money/resources). > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Chris <chessm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> I wouldn't expect them to say anything critical, but lets be honest, >> whole teams don't jump from one boat to another unless there is some >> serious concerns about the ship sea-worthiness or the direction its >> being headed in. >> >> This doesn't signal the end of Ruby or other languages on the JVM, it >> is more an indication of how far Sun will go to support them. You >> can't tell me that hiring and paying individuals to support an >> alternate language on the JVM is the same commitment level as standing >> by and letting others do the work on the free time (or sponsered by >> another company). >> >> The question isn't "Does this signal the end of alternate languages on >> the JVM", I think we all know it doesn't, but it does signal that Sun >> isn't giving the same level of commitment to them that it has >> previously. >> >> > > > -- > Michael Kimsal > http://jsmag.com - for javascript developers > http://groovymag.com - for groovy developers > 919.827.4724 > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
