Well well well. I can see this working well for Oracle - they use Java a great deal... and it should be good news for Sun's open source projects like Netbeans - which would, I think, be maintained under Oracle.
I guess it's a little sad to see Sun unable to continue by themselves, but the writing was on the wall and I think Oracle will keep all the Sun products working, but of course the big question is what does this mean for MySQL?
just because someone doesn't know the feature of one language of dubious quality means they don't know anything about software development?
that's a rather arrogant and stupid assertion. I work with several programmers who wouldn't know the first thing about netbeans (i have heard of them but don't know how to use them as I don't care for Java - i work in C++). These programmers all got their degrees before i was born (im 25) and used to write mainframe code, and have since been transitioned to C++. Sure
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Monday April 20, 2009 @10:38AM (#27645731)
Wow. Not many slashdot comments stop me in my tracks like this one. A mixture of sensible overall point, good heartedness, backhand compliments, youthful certitude, some minor self-stroking and an overwhelming sense that you haven't quite heard all the shoes drop.
I'm actually speechless. I don't know whether to smack you in the head, rub it fondly, or put my arm around you and explain a little more about life.
What about MySQL? (Score:5, Interesting)
Well well well. I can see this working well for Oracle - they use Java a great deal... and it should be good news for Sun's open source projects like Netbeans - which would, I think, be maintained under Oracle.
I guess it's a little sad to see Sun unable to continue by themselves, but the writing was on the wall and I think Oracle will keep all the Sun products working, but of course the big question is what does this mean for MySQL?
Re: (Score:5, Funny)
What the fuck is "netbeans"? Who uses this java nonsense anyway?
Re: (Score:1)
You don't know much about software development do you...
Re: (Score:4, Insightful)
just because someone doesn't know the feature of one language of dubious quality means they don't know anything about software development?
that's a rather arrogant and stupid assertion. I work with several programmers who wouldn't know the first thing about netbeans (i have heard of them but don't know how to use them as I don't care for Java - i work in C++). These programmers all got their degrees before i was born (im 25) and used to write mainframe code, and have since been transitioned to C++. Sure
Re:What about MySQL? (Score:0)
Wow. Not many slashdot comments stop me in my tracks like this one. A mixture of sensible overall point, good heartedness, backhand compliments, youthful certitude, some minor self-stroking and an overwhelming sense that you haven't quite heard all the shoes drop.
I'm actually speechless. I don't know whether to smack you in the head, rub it fondly, or put my arm around you and explain a little more about life.
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