Re: [NF] Gartner predicting things "dead" again and the user community reaction....deja vu?

2017-04-18 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2017-04-17 18:13, Ted Roche wrote: And I hear it's the year of the Linux desktop. BWAHAHAHAHA!!! That originally was what...15 years ago? More? ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailm

RE: [NF] Gartner predicting things "dead" again and the user community reaction....deja vu?

2017-04-18 Thread Kevin J Cully
On Behalf Of Ted Roche Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 6:14 PM To: profox@leafe.com Subject: Re: [NF] Gartner predicting things "dead" again and the user community reactiondeja vu? And I hear it's the year of the Linux desktop. This message (including any attachments) is intende

Re: [NF] Gartner predicting things "dead" again and the user community reaction....deja vu?

2017-04-17 Thread Ted Roche
On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 10:05 AM, wrote: > > Reminded me of the almighty wisdom of Gartner from the eyes of the VFP > developer many moons ago... > And eWeek. They did it, too. That's the game; make the headlines every week. Once in a while, you're right, and people remember that. And you mentio

[NF] Gartner predicting things "dead" again and the user community reaction....deja vu?

2017-04-17 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
from https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/03/pizza_roaches_and_java/: section header: "Dead again" [Last year, a report from Gartner declaring the end of Java EE’s dominance invigorated all the latent tension in the community. As one of the report’s authors put it: "People don't need 90 per c