So, it's going to be yet another useless publication in an already crowded arena? I mean, Dr. Dobbs is pretty much a parody of itself, and there's few print magazines that are worth the time investment to even open the magazine. What's this new iteration going to provide, other than a stark reminder of the mojo that Byte magazine no longer has?
... and home of the paid.
In other words: Please stop devaluing our property! We need these users on here, or we won't make the millions, er... thousands, er... hundreds of dollars in selling it off to someone else!
Java is still a viable concern because of inertia. There are a lot of companies that bought into Java, J2EE, and the rest that are still going to be using Java regardless if Oracle mandates every developer wear a silly hat and pray to Larry Ellison 3 times daily. And again, Redmonk is a developer-based tea-leaf reader; nobody in business will care what developers fancy as the next big thing, because Java is here in their datacenter making stuff work now.
Sad to say, but even if every single current Java developer swore off never to code another line, there would still be Java out there, and folks ready to learn to take their place. COBOL didn't need a community, and Java won't either.
Beg pardon, but I pretty much see Apple dropping Java support as telling, rather than a bad thing. It means Apple is looking to control all ends of the development chain.
Because communities cost money to maintain. Oracle doesn't care about whiny developers; they only care about the bottom line. Developers will use what they're told by their management. Period. End of story.
As much as Oracle is an anathema to what developers and techies hold dear, until Oracle starts to see some damage to the bottom line, they won't care one iota.
Anyone remember Sea Man on the Dreamcast? This is definitely in the same "creepy games that are technical marvels, but not terribly fun" category.
Y'know, I never got the appeal of Wired Magazine from the get-go. Seemed like entirely too much flash and not enough substance to keep me interested. The whole "oh, we're edgy" thing ran pretty thin rather quickly. I looked at the advert for the ipad app, and concluded that they perfectly captured the feel of the magazine: all show, no substance, and too fat for their own good.
I'm sure there will be a logical and rational explanation for why "Nibiru" didn't arrive until ~100 years too late (assuming it's even aware it has an appointment).
Just waiting for the Nibiru and Planet X quacks to say "See? We told you so!".
Our local library does this. they have XBox 360, PS3, and Wii games available (I think PS2 as well, but not sure). It's definitely a great way to get folks into the library and see what else might be in there.
I once knew a guy who was a contract worker for 11 years. Contract positions can last for quite some time. What I hope New York doesn't do is hire all of their 5-year plan employees and then realize 4 years down the road that they'll have to graduate that class of employee all at once. Or maybe I do; I'm quite conflicted.
In any case, it's yet another indication that IT workers are considered a replaceable, interchangeable cog in the machine. Unfortunately, when your replaceable cogs are essentially your entire infrastructure, you'll have a hard time trying to get the new class of cog to know what the old cog was doing. Add to that a fatalistic sense from the old cog guard, and you have a recipe for one hell of a breakdown when you least can afford it.
Best of luck, New York; you're gonna need it.
2.4 statute miles of surgical tubing at Yale U. = 1 I.V.League
