We haven't "converted" anybody to do anything. We've created new jobs and industries. Think about it, most of us do jobs now that didn't exist 50 years ago. There were no call centers workers, computer programmers, data entry people, cable TV repairmen, web designers, etc.
The people that moved off the farms started working in brand new jobs creating automobiles, and this has happened over and over.
And it has nothing to do with Protestant work ethic, it has to do with greed. If I work more than my neighbor than I will demand to be paid more. And if my neighbor is earning more than me and is buying cooler stuff, then I will probably work more too and buy cool stuff. It is not that people want to work - people want more money.
Exactly what I was thinking. If you have good hand/eye coordination and are a quick thinker you may gravitate towards playing video games. I you don't then you won't enjoy them as much and won't play.
Object code portability allows me to develop on NT or Linux, and port to Sun or AS/400 (as I have done).
Another great benefit of Java is in the compiler. Because it must be compiled, and the compiler does all the type checking, you eliminate a lot of stupid bugs.
And of course Java is object oriented, at least better than Perl's attempt. This allows better reuse of code (IMHO).
Actually when I hear news reports about cloning, genetics and stuff, it is usually the ex-hippy, flower children type people that come out to protest against technology. The animal rights groups would probably cry foul because a rat was injured in the testing before any type of church would complain about this.
Why is everybody suddenly scared about security for storing their status reports on some ASP somewhere? Yes there are some security concerns, and the lawyers will have to get involved.
But already on the personal level nearly everything we do is logged somewhere. All our credit card transactions, cash card withdrawls, phone calls, bank accounts, even your ISP has logs. Nearly everything we do is tracable somehow, and it hasn't drastically changed our lives.
Yes, if the data is sensitive we will have to hold the ASPs to the same security level as banks and and credit card companies, or just keep that spreadsheet locally. But overall, the benefits probably out-weigh the problems.
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We haven't "converted" anybody to do anything. We've created new jobs and industries. Think about it, most of us do jobs now that didn't exist 50 years ago. There were no call centers workers, computer programmers, data entry people, cable TV repairmen, web designers, etc.
The people that moved off the farms started working in brand new jobs creating automobiles, and this has happened over and over.
And it has nothing to do with Protestant work ethic, it has to do with greed. If I work more than my neighbor than I will demand to be paid more. And if my neighbor is earning more than me and is buying cooler stuff, then I will probably work more too and buy cool stuff. It is not that people want to work - people want more money.
Exactly what I was thinking. If you have good hand/eye coordination and are a quick thinker you may gravitate towards playing video games. I you don't then you won't enjoy them as much and won't play.
Object code portability allows me to develop on NT or Linux, and port to Sun or AS/400 (as I have done).
Another great benefit of Java is in the compiler. Because it must be compiled, and the compiler does all the type checking, you eliminate a lot of stupid bugs.
And of course Java is object oriented, at least better than Perl's attempt. This allows better reuse of code (IMHO).
A Judea-Christian hangup?
Actually when I hear news reports about cloning, genetics and stuff, it is usually the ex-hippy, flower children type people that come out to protest against technology. The animal rights groups would probably cry foul because a rat was injured in the testing before any type of church would complain about this.
Why is everybody suddenly scared about security for storing their status reports on some ASP somewhere? Yes there are some security concerns, and the lawyers will have to get involved.
But already on the personal level nearly everything we do is logged somewhere. All our credit card transactions, cash card withdrawls, phone calls, bank accounts, even your ISP has logs. Nearly everything we do is tracable somehow, and it hasn't drastically changed our lives.
Yes, if the data is sensitive we will have to hold the ASPs to the same security level as banks and and credit card companies, or just keep that spreadsheet locally. But overall, the benefits probably out-weigh the problems.