Comment His Java comments ... (Score 1) 96
I have to agree with Augusto.
Mr. Torvald's comments about Java seem to be for the most time a little uninformed. Considering the moves that are happening in the enterprise, and how deeply Java has pawed its way into those systems, it makes a huge difference for Linux to have a strong Java support if it wants to be the OS of choice for the enterprise.
I wonder how much of Linus's negative comments are just the old, natural resistance of change. Seems to me if you hack C and are good at it, it may not seem important to have some OO-hyped interpretted language succeed, but one must understand the need the enterprises have, and that Java has set out to offer solutions to those needs, and undermining Java by just categorizing it as hype won't help Linux much.
So how about offering those solutions instead?
The theory that running Linux on multiple hardware is "cross platform" is not as good as running cross-hardware , cross-OS, like Java promises to do.
Funny, that kind of attitude kind of reminds me of the Microsoft attitude of "Only write for Windows, because Windows is everywhere! ".
-- Jay
Mr. Torvald's comments about Java seem to be for the most time a little uninformed. Considering the moves that are happening in the enterprise, and how deeply Java has pawed its way into those systems, it makes a huge difference for Linux to have a strong Java support if it wants to be the OS of choice for the enterprise.
I wonder how much of Linus's negative comments are just the old, natural resistance of change. Seems to me if you hack C and are good at it, it may not seem important to have some OO-hyped interpretted language succeed, but one must understand the need the enterprises have, and that Java has set out to offer solutions to those needs, and undermining Java by just categorizing it as hype won't help Linux much.
So how about offering those solutions instead?
The theory that running Linux on multiple hardware is "cross platform" is not as good as running cross-hardware , cross-OS, like Java promises to do.
Funny, that kind of attitude kind of reminds me of the Microsoft attitude of "Only write for Windows, because Windows is everywhere! ".
-- Jay
