On 27 January 2012 15:53, Gregg Wonderly <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 26, 2012, at 3:28 AM, Dan Creswell wrote: > >> On 25 January 2012 23:52, Luis Matta <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Wonderful idea, but I do not believe very much in its success (so ignore >>> me). >>> >> >> I'm with you on that. > > Is that a "Not a wonderful idea", "with you", or a "do not believe", "with > you", or both?
Both. Because I don't believe we have an accessibility problem to worry about rather we have an appreciation problem. For example, if a book on Python and a book on Jini are both available on iPad and we present an average student with the chance to buy either and they're both at the same price which one will they pick? I reckon they'll pick the Python one - more likely to have heard about it, it's a programming language and that's a subject all geeks readily relate to. i.e. A book on Python fits the expectations and habits of most. A book on Jini though doesn't fit expectations and habits. You may scoop up a few stragglers but there's a more general educational thing that needs taking care of first. Create demand, then you can sell something (unless the demand already exists). > > I'm just wondering where some of the "we teach web programming" "schools" are > going to go with their programs, considering how much effort and interest > there is on mobile devices. It seems interesting to me, that it might be > possible to "expose" people to a different path for application development > just by raising the visibility of Jini. > > I'm not sure it's an awesome idea myself, but just curious what others views > are. > > Gregg
