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Comment Re:I gotta believe this is hurting Oracle (Score 4, Interesting) 332

And the amount of server-side legacy code being replaced by Java is staggering. Legacy code is considered obsolete, and is being replaced just about everywhere it exists. I don't work in the cable industry. The amount of code that's being refactored towards Java is in, and of itself, mind blowing.

Comment Re:CatTube (Score 1) 667

I'm sorry, you're relying on a 3rd party website, with content uploaded by persons pretty much unknown to find out about this stuff? Is that a sensible thing to be doing? Why don't the manufacturers have such guides. Stop ranting on 3rd parties who don't have to carry whatever content you think should be there and look to the original manufacturers website perhaps?

Comment Domain knowledge is sometimes more important (Score 5, Interesting) 343

We had a not too similar situation when we decommissioned our old COBOL system. The developers were of more mature years (50+), but instead of just letting them go, they were moved into more of a BA role. They have a lot of domain knowledge built up from years of working on a monolithic system, it transferred quite well to doing business analysis and converting it into specs for devs on the new tech. They also had better people skills than green devs, which is rather important when trying to understand WTF the business wants or means

Comment Re:Bullshit (Score 1) 468

They also don't understand: -- Today, each bitcoin transaction requires the same amount of energy used to power nine homes in the U.S. for one day-- Ummm no, each mined coin might take a large amount of energy, but the transaction costs are pretty much fixed and are nowhere near as onerous.

Comment Re:business code (Score 1) 608

I think you missed the point. Companies might be running their business logic contained in Docker, but the underlying logic is not written in Go. Doesn't need to be. Ours is written in Java and some small bits in C# and CoffeeScript (I think). I'd bet the majority of companies are not going to replace their well-known, easy-to-resource, stable (as in, isn't easily deprecated) 'old' language with Go just because that's what the container runs.

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