Comment Re:Sun? (Score 2, Insightful) 80
Sun doesn't get where the market is heading.
It got lucky on big iron in the 90's and did/does a terrific job with java. But it's feet are full of bullet holes where it shot/shoots itself in the foot.
There is a massive exodus of developers here in Dallas to Eclipse, and it is all based on attraction. Same with the open source projects I work with. Netbeans can do what it wants, but the most likely outcome is to be ignored to death.
In the same vein, SWT rocks, and I say that being a swing enthusiast.
People vote with their feet, and that is the only vote that counts. There will always be laggards and people going in the other direction, but the traffic is going in the direction of the better mousetrap, in this instance.
It got lucky on big iron in the 90's and did/does a terrific job with java. But it's feet are full of bullet holes where it shot/shoots itself in the foot.
There is a massive exodus of developers here in Dallas to Eclipse, and it is all based on attraction. Same with the open source projects I work with. Netbeans can do what it wants, but the most likely outcome is to be ignored to death.
In the same vein, SWT rocks, and I say that being a swing enthusiast.
People vote with their feet, and that is the only vote that counts. There will always be laggards and people going in the other direction, but the traffic is going in the direction of the better mousetrap, in this instance.
