[rescue] Sun memo regarding Java

[Dave McGuire]

On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 08:48 PM, Sheldon T. Hall wrote:
> Nah, I was thinking of their hosing it up so no one could use it for 
> the
> purpose for which it was designed, i.e. portable code.  Then dropping 
> it
> when Sun objected....

   Those fuckers should be dragged out and shot.

> If you want to have a job forever, yea, verily, and on into the next 
> life,
> write in COBOL.

   Heh...you've got a point there, man. ;)

> FWIW, our shop does some Java, but I haven't noticed that the 
> development
> was all that rapid; in fact, rather the contrary.  Might not be Java at
> fault, of course....

   It wasn't.  No offense intended.  I'm speaking from personal 
experience here.

      -Dave

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