[The Java Posse] Re: No commercial motivation to make Java 'better'

2009-09-29 Thread Richard Vowles
, it is clear where this is coming from. I cannot see how Oracle could expect to invest in such an attitude and I desperately hope they don't. I only hope it can be redeemed by JDK 8. Still shocked. On Sep 29, 7:18 pm, Alex Buckley alex.buck...@sun.com wrote: On Sep 28, 7:39 pm, Richard Vowles

[The Java Posse] Re: No commercial motivation to make Java 'better'

2009-09-29 Thread Richard Vowles
On Sep 30, 5:37 am, Serge Boulay serge.bou...@gmail.com wrote: What I got out of the podcast was that each jdk has a some sort of priorty/theme. For jdk 7, it’s modularity. Like any other business resources are allocated based on achieving that priority. Modularity is the major   change for

[The Java Posse] Re: No commercial motivation to make Java 'better'

2009-09-28 Thread Richard Vowles
This entire interview was a cop-out by Alex and Joe. Their argument boiled down to look, Sun open sourced Java and now we don't have to do anything. Oracle just bought a turkey if this attitude is pervasive at Sun. On Sep 25, 12:17 am, Robert Lally rob.la...@gmail.com wrote: After all the

[The Java Posse] Re: Wicket-based A/B testing mechanism

2009-09-03 Thread Richard Vowles
In Wicket, the ordering of containment in the html must map in the code. IMHO, this would make A/B/.../K testing painful unless you component it up the wazoo. On Aug 11, 11:15 am, Joe Nuxoll (Java Posse) jnux...@gmail.com wrote: Not sure if this is built directly into Wicket or not...  but is

[The Java Posse] Re: What's a good webframework to use (wait, wait!)

2009-08-25 Thread Richard Vowles
If you want to use GAE and Google for Auth, GAELyk is probably the best framework for a simple app. On Aug 26, 12:56 am, Patrick Forhan pfor...@gmail.com wrote: I'd second this.  A simple servlet environment, with some nifty Google services mixed in.  Directly integrated with eclipse, but you

[The Java Posse] Re: What's a good webframework to use (wait, wait!)

2009-08-24 Thread Richard Vowles
Well, I do would probably do Grails with the grails jax-rs plugin with spring authentication (just cause I know it). Don't expect Jersey to run on Google's appengine tho, it just doesn't (pain, pain pain == GAE). Then it would take you 10 mins. Richard On Aug 25, 11:34 am, Mark Derricutt

[The Java Posse] Re: VMWare buys SpringSource - thoughts?

2009-08-24 Thread Richard Vowles
Have none of you listened to the Chariot podcast where Rob Harrop (of SpringSource) speaks specifically (and in detail) about what this is about and what they are doing? Its a good listen. It also gave me some belief that someone is trying to make OSGI less of a turd.

[The Java Posse] Re: Oracle to buy Sun MS

2009-04-20 Thread Richard Vowles
JavaFX I agree will come under some scrutiny, and BEA/Oracle own JRockit - will the Sun JRE and JRockit merge? Probably too big to be even guessing now - I for one am far more comfortable with this than with IBM purchasing them. I still think whoever purchased them will bung the hardware side