I can assess this. I was at a Java conference in February and easily 1/3rd of all laptops were Macs. It would be cool if this deal improved the speed of implementation for Java on OSX. For end-users it might seem obsolete, but Java is the most used programming language in the world, and I'd like te see someone develop a non-Microsoft distributed business application without Java.
I'm curious to see what Oracle will do with all of Sun's Open Source stuff though. My bet is they'll just release most project to the community and don't bother with it for the rest. Maybe they'll keep one or two developers for each project not to seem too evil. I'd hate to see NetBeans and VirtualBox go though...
Well, if Oracle is smart, they'll dump JDeveloper and make Netbeans their IDE of choice, integrating the best parts of JDeveloper. In my opinion, Netbeans is superior to Eclipse, and it is without question superior to JDeveloper. Even though they're a member of the Eclipse foundation, they'll soon find that it makes more sense to support the IDE that's used for the latest versions of Java and JavaFX.
Well, if Oracle is smart, they'll dump JDeveloper and make Netbeans their IDE of choice, integrating the best parts of JDeveloper. In my opinion, Netbeans is superior to Eclipse, and it is without question superior to JDeveloper. Even though they're a member of the Eclipse foundation, they'll soon find that it makes more sense to support the IDE that's used for the latest versions of Java and JavaFX.
I'm with you dude, especially since the GUI of the upcoming 6.7 is gonna be much more Mac-like. They can't just drop it, thousands of companies around the world depend on NetBeans to develop their programs. Migrating complicated applications to another IDE is not cheap... But I guess the same goes for Orcale if they have to switch from JDeveloper to NetBeans... Only time will tell, but I fear they'll "downgrade" NetBeans to the "entry-level" IDE and JDeveloper will be the more "Pro" one...
I can assess this. I was at a Java conference in February and easily 1/3rd of all laptops were Macs. It would be cool if this deal improved the speed of implementation for Java on OSX. For end-users it might seem obsolete, but Java is the most used programming language in the world, and I'd like te see someone develop a non-Microsoft distributed business application without Java.
I'm curious to see what Oracle will do with all of Sun's Open Source stuff though. My bet is they'll just release most project to the community and don't bother with it for the rest. Maybe they'll keep one or two developers for each project not to seem too evil. I'd hate to see NetBeans and VirtualBox go though...
Java is the most used programming language in the AppServer World. It's not the most used programming language in the world. There is a big difference.
Java is the most used programming language in the AppServer World. It's not the most used programming language in the world. There is a big difference.
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I can assess this. I was at a Java conference in February and easily 1/3rd of all laptops were Macs. It would be cool if this deal improved the speed of implementation for Java on OSX. For end-users it might seem obsolete, but Java is the most used programming language in the world, and I'd like te see someone develop a non-Microsoft distributed business application without Java.
I'm curious to see what Oracle will do with all of Sun's Open Source stuff though. My bet is they'll just release most project to the community and don't bother with it for the rest. Maybe they'll keep one or two developers for each project not to seem too evil. I'd hate to see NetBeans and VirtualBox go though...
Well, if Oracle is smart, they'll dump JDeveloper and make Netbeans their IDE of choice, integrating the best parts of JDeveloper. In my opinion, Netbeans is superior to Eclipse, and it is without question superior to JDeveloper. Even though they're a member of the Eclipse foundation, they'll soon find that it makes more sense to support the IDE that's used for the latest versions of Java and JavaFX.
Well, if Oracle is smart, they'll dump JDeveloper and make Netbeans their IDE of choice, integrating the best parts of JDeveloper. In my opinion, Netbeans is superior to Eclipse, and it is without question superior to JDeveloper. Even though they're a member of the Eclipse foundation, they'll soon find that it makes more sense to support the IDE that's used for the latest versions of Java and JavaFX.
I'm with you dude, especially since the GUI of the upcoming 6.7 is gonna be much more Mac-like. They can't just drop it, thousands of companies around the world depend on NetBeans to develop their programs. Migrating complicated applications to another IDE is not cheap... But I guess the same goes for Orcale if they have to switch from JDeveloper to NetBeans... Only time will tell, but I fear they'll "downgrade" NetBeans to the "entry-level" IDE and JDeveloper will be the more "Pro" one...
I can assess this. I was at a Java conference in February and easily 1/3rd of all laptops were Macs. It would be cool if this deal improved the speed of implementation for Java on OSX. For end-users it might seem obsolete, but Java is the most used programming language in the world, and I'd like te see someone develop a non-Microsoft distributed business application without Java.
I'm curious to see what Oracle will do with all of Sun's Open Source stuff though. My bet is they'll just release most project to the community and don't bother with it for the rest. Maybe they'll keep one or two developers for each project not to seem too evil. I'd hate to see NetBeans and VirtualBox go though...
Java is the most used programming language in the AppServer World. It's not the most used programming language in the world. There is a big difference.
Java is the most used programming language in the AppServer World. It's not the most used programming language in the world. There is a big difference.
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