I'm a programmer, why would I worry about my house or my car so much? Unless, by "best", you mean "has the fastest available broadband". In which case I don't, which saddens me. I have a pretty neat server closet though, with fibre and 10GbE and everything!
On 19 February 2014 08:54, Rakesh <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > do you drive the BEST car? Do you live in the BEST house? Do you eat > the BEST food? > > Best is (usually) subjective, being a combination of what matters to > you most. I HATE iTunes enough and its ecosystem enough to find > alternatives. Luckily, android ticks all the boxes that matter to ME. > > I really HATE virus checkers as they feel like a tax on my new > hardware, preventing it from reaching its full potential. The > alternative is good enough to let me do what i want to do without > missing out on anything. > > Rakesh > > On 18 February 2014 23:20, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On 18 February 2014 22:39, Rakesh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi Clay, > >> > >> I have this theory, its called 'The theory of good enough'. > >> > >> I use an Android phone and tablets because they are 'good enough' to > >> ditch Apple and its closed ecosystem. > > > > > > So... Judging on the openness of the ecosystem, Android is not merely > good > > enough. What's best then? > > > > > >> I do not run a Windows PC because Ubuntu on my PC is 'good enough'. No > >> more virus checkers crippling my hardware! > > > > > > So for the criteria that matter most to developers, Linux is good enough. > > What's the best? > > > > > >> > >> I don't pay for business software when there is an OSS alternative - > >> Java, JUnit, Groovy, Spock, Mongodb, MySql, Tomcat, jetty, Selenium, > >> etc*. > > > > > > So based on price... These choices are merely good enough, what's better? > > > > > >> > >> By the same token,Java 6 is 'good enough'. There's hardly any project > >> that could not be done in Java 6(assuming competent developers). > >> > >> Sure, there's some awesome stuff in Java 8. The reality is though, the > >> only people who know how better it could be, are those who went > >> looking for something better (Scala, Groovy, Kotlin, Ceylon) or came > >> from something better (Ruby). > >> > >> The vast majority were taught Java and really don't give a crap about > >> the boiler plate or the upcoming lambda syntax. > > > > > > Pick *any* criteria (except the time to upgrade, and fear of change for > the > > chronically risk-adverse), Java 8 is superior to Java <=7 > > > >> > >> Its a bit like knowing English. Sure, there are more logical > >> languages, even languages which allow you to express yourself in fewer > >> words. But English is 'good enough' and in this case ubuqitous. > > > > > > Out of Hungarian, German, French and Greek, I've mostly found English to > be > > terser. Except for idioms/cliches of course :) > > > > Even those logical languages have their quirks. Just take German, we > > stopped saying "three and forthy" in English decades ago; I also have it > on > > good authority that any form of technical writing in German is largely > > unreadable to a non-expert in the area, even native speakers. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
