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jgeelan writes "Despite the competitive uproar, coexistence of J2EE and .NET will be the norm and most sophisticated IT organizations will deploy on both development platforms. Who says so? No less an authority than the CTO of J2EE powerhouse BEA Systems, Scott Dietzen, writing in this month's Web Services Journal. Dietzen acknowledges that an ongoing conflict is in progress between Java and C# and between J2EE and the .NET server family and is refeshingly honest, admitting that "there is some truth to the 'write once, test everywhere' complaint against Java." His overall conclusion: ".NET is finding a sweet spot for programmed user interfaces, while J2EE continues to enjoy its sweet spot for server-side applications." Unusual honesty by someone so highly placed. Isn't this just what the software industry needs more of, in these increasingly interoperable times?"

jgeelan writes "Despite the competitive uproar, coexistence of J2EE and .NET will be the norm and most sophisticated IT organizations will deploy on both development platforms. Who says so? No less an authority than the CTO of J2EE powerhouse BEA Systems, Scott Dietzen, writing in this month's Web Services Journal. Dietzen acknowledges that an ongoing conflict is in progress between Java and C# and between J2EE and the .NET server family and is refeshingly honest, admitting that "there is some truth to the 'write once, test everywhere' complaint against Java." His overall conclusion: ".NET is finding a sweet spot for programmed user interfaces, while J2EE continues to enjoy its sweet spot for server-side applications." Unusual honesty by someone so highly placed. Isn't this just what the software industry needs more of, in these increasingly interoperable times?"

jgeelan writes "The Boston Globe has carried a report on how 235,000 engineers and computer scientistsl are calling on Congress to study the impact of the country's H1-B visa program, the recession, and the outsourcing of jobs overseas on the unemployment rate of engineers and other information technology professionals. It's an issue that's bubbling on discussion sites all over America too, though in one case developers (Java developers in this instance) seem completely unable to agree on whether H1-B is really a contributing factor or not."

Jeremy Geelan writes "The editor-in-chief of the world's largest journal devoted to Java wonders whether, with the arrival of Microsoft's C# programming language on the scene, Java perhaps has only 5 years or so left to live. Javaland has erupted! This is a little like Bill Gates wondering out loud whether to send Scott McNealy a Christmas card. But is Alan Williamson right? Read this short article and decide for yourself."

BrightIce writes: "The Java Developer Journal has an interesting article about Java in the Linux world. It tries to explain why the Linux folks dislike Java, what the future might bring regarding M$, C# and Java, about Sun and Microsoft, and Java and Embedded Linux." I know why I hate it: it takes too.long.to.get.to.my.method(half, of, the, time); and then there's the fact that when Java was new and exciting I wrote a video game in it, only to have Sun cease-and-desist me for calling it "Java Invaders." (oh, and have you ever noticed that our logo isn't the sun logo? They cease-and-desisted us for using their logo here too, even tho that is definitely fair use). Other than that, my only problem with Java is that the VM in Netscape is crap. Oh, and their licensing. And the fact that it's bloated. And the fact that I don't have enough time to type in all the reasons it irritated me *grin*

BrightIce writes: "The Java Developer Journal has an interesting article about Java in the Linux world. It tries to explain why the Linux folks dislike Java, what the future might bring regarding M$, C# and Java, about Sun and Microsoft, and Java and Embedded Linux." I know why I hate it: it takes too.long.to.get.to.my.method(half, of, the, time); and then there's the fact that when Java was new and exciting I wrote a video game in it, only to have Sun cease-and-desist me for calling it "Java Invaders." (oh, and have you ever noticed that our logo isn't the sun logo? They cease-and-desisted us for using their logo here too, even tho that is definitely fair use). Other than that, my only problem with Java is that the VM in Netscape is crap. Oh, and their licensing. And the fact that it's bloated. And the fact that I don't have enough time to type in all the reasons it irritated me *grin*