On Sep 30, 7:33 pm, Casper Bang <casper.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > in Java. It does feel a little bit like being stuck between a rock and > a hard place, especially since JavaFX seems to serve mostly to scratch > Sun's own itch but utterly uninteresting to most others. So I would > not be surprised if we'll see a little bit of the same trend as with > current Sun hardware customers fleeing to IBM. >
Surely that's the point though, Sun is not compelling you to use Java. If you don't like the way it is progressing you can: - pay/beg Sun to make the changes - change it yourself (Sun did the right thing and open sourced their implementation) - work through the JCP - use something else - develop an alternative - continue to use Java because it is more palatable than the previous options Sun has evaluated the benefit to Sun of making changes to Java, of allocating resources, of responding to community interest, etc.; you may disagree with that evaluation, or consider it to be detrimental to the community or to Java (or to Sun), but they are under no obligation to agree, and you can always just use something else if you're not happy. If you can't use something else because of corporate policies then that is not Sun's problem, it's a sign of the success of the platform (and a pointer to why Sun is not going to be inclined to make sweeping changes). And that will be self-correcting; if enough people are unhappy they'll use something else, if Sun sees that as a problem they will respond and make the requisite changes. Clearly they don't perceive that that point has been reached. - Steve --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
