This reminds me of the constant "Apple is dead" threads one used to hear starting in the mid 90's.
You don't hear that anymore though, do you? :) Rob On Oct 28, 2010, at 9:00 AM, clay wrote: > I'd summarize: > > - Java has never been a major platform for consumer desktop apps. This > really isn't changing, unless you consider Android. > - Java desktop is very successful for dev tools and thousands of niche > custom vertical desktop apps. This really isn't changing either. > - Could you replace Java with toolset xyz? Absolutely. If whoever owns > the project decides for whatever reason that they want to switch from > toolset "A" to toolset "B", they can generally do so. > - Java is most prominent outside the desktop for server-side, headless > (no GUI) apps, and non-applied theoretical research. > - For some weird reason, some variant of the question, "Is Java Dead?" > is asked constantly, and this has been going on for years. It's > probably representative of an anxiety in the Java community and the > fact that "Java" has image and perception problems in the zeitgest of > today. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@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.