[The Java Posse] Re: no theme song audible in latest episode?

2009-03-21 Thread Christian Catchpole
I don't think the posse should be buying sun with a QA department like this. :) On Mar 21, 2:04 pm, Michael Neale wrote: > Did anyone else get that? > > At first It though it was some audio "black armband" or "minutes > silence" in protest of the IBM thing ;) --~--~-~--~~

[The Java Posse] Re: positive legacy of java - bruce eckel

2009-03-21 Thread Alexey Zinger
A thought occurred to me recently, as I was in the middle of a busy work week, implementing features and changes on a Java/GWT system. According to some studies, it takes roughly 10 years of work for a person to become truly good at something. I wonder if the 10 year cycle you mention is not

[The Java Posse] Re: positive legacy of java - bruce eckel

2009-03-21 Thread mkpapp
I actually think Objective-C, the language, is pretty good and a refreshing change from the "C++-ification" of Java. With all due respect to Bruce, what did in (or continues to drag down) C++ is that it is riddled with ambiguities and anachronisms. It took all the pitfalls of using C and amplifi

[The Java Posse] Re: No Resin users?

2009-03-21 Thread Robert Casto
I used it for some time at an eCommerce company but I know they are migrating over to IBM to use their eCommerce engine. I personally use Tomcat when I can and Weblogic for bigger setups. On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 12:49 AM, Jeremy Ross wrote: > > salesforce.com uses resin in their stack. > > On Mar

[The Java Posse] Ask not what Linux can do for Java...

2009-03-21 Thread Brian Merrill
...rather "What can Java do for Linux?" Dick's mini rant about the poor adoption of Java RIAs on Linux got me thinking. Here's a few of the reasons I think that riastats reflects poorly on Linux for Java RIA support. 1. Open source (GPL) != Linux. It's not the Linux community's job to figure o

[The Java Posse] Re: No Resin users?

2009-03-21 Thread Jeremy Ross
salesforce.com uses resin in their stack. On Mar 17, 3:55 am, "carl.whalley" wrote: > I heard "resin" mispronounced a couple of episodes ago in a ref to > another app which supported it, but can't remember anything else. Is > anyone here using it? --~--~-~--~~~---~--

[The Java Posse] Re: no theme song audible in latest episode?

2009-03-21 Thread Martin OConnor
+1 for the Eircom issue. As an Irish citizen, I am disgusted with the way Eircom just caved in. I bet you can guess who is not my ISP... thats right, Eircom isn't. But if they were I'd drop them quicker than an AOL trial cd. On Mar 21, 4:43 am, TorNorbye wrote: > http://javaposse.com/index.php?p

[The Java Posse] Re: no theme song audible in latest episode?

2009-03-21 Thread Christian Catchpole
At least with the sped up version we can listen to the silence 20% quicker. :) On Mar 21, 2:43 pm, TorNorbye wrote: > http://javaposse.com/index.php?post_id=445437 > > -- Tor > > On Mar 20, 9:04 pm, Michael Neale wrote: > > > Did anyone else get that? > > > At first It though it was some audio