Effectively this site is blocked if you are using FireFox. and that's why I keep IE and Safari and Chrome and .... great plan.... I predict a plugin to whitelist sites before long.... or, to outright "fix" this problem....

That's not how I read your comment.

Agreed, it's important to keep relevant, and to learn new languages, technologies, etc. Many of the new tools, just re-invent old solutions with incremental improvements. For most businesses, it's just not worth the cost to jump to something new. Also, the risk-adverse nature of high availability environments dictates an attitude of measured and careful change.

Your clarification on staying relevant makes your initial statement clearer.

In the end, most of us will be working with technology long out of date, because it pays, and occasionally with technology that is new, because we want too.

Now there a new meaning for Kernel Panic!

Employed developers will continue to use Java, COBOL, Pascal, or whatever their employer's code-base is written in. This seldom has anything to do with the skill of the developer, and almost everything to do with the cost of converting functional, stable code to a new language. The case to move to a new language must include benefits in excess of the stability of the existing code-base.

Average developers will make a mess of any code-base, regardless of the "new hotness" status of the language.

Its like whispering.. except you can't drown it out by talking... without yelling.. which would make you more annoying to everyone...

3.) There really are not all that many Blackberry users out there versus Exchange users (or even Domino users)

Wow, you must not be in the Washington DC metro area!!!

My experience with the UOP MBA program was good. The work was tough and I spent an average of 5 hours every weeknight and 7 hours on weekends working on the assignments and tasks. Some of the team projects went well, with team members contributing and working hard. Other teams were simply horrid, and that's not much different from the real world. Some instructors were extremely knowledgeable and others were not. Once again, that's not much different from bosses in the real world. Most of my work is related to data encryption, transport, and low-level, web application systems. Not exactly stuff that business people exactly care about. So why did I get the MBA? I need to understand the business owner's language, their perspective and their motivations. Why did I choose UOP? "Location, location, location!" I could sign on from anywhere, even the server room. I've been told by some B&M professors, that the only people who will truly care that your degree is from an "on-line" school are the B&M schools, and particularly if you are looking to teach. Personally, I've not had any negative reactions from business people.

It's a cool idea, but it seems like, unless the natural spin due to the coriolis effect is cancelled out some how, these things would create tornadoes : ( Does anyone have more info ?