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From: jmarten@ibm.net (Jean-Marten Marchi)
Subject: Re: Java momentum slowing ?
Date: 1999/05/02
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On 30 Apr 1999 18:28:42 -0700, Mike@world.nospam wrote:

Thanks for your input. 

But i'm still thinking that there's something wrong with Java. I
particularly don't understand why there are not so much Java applets
on the Web pages, where the portability of Java is the most efficient.
There were more applets 2 years ago. 

I'm just telling that there are signs that the momentum is slowing,
not that Java suddenly disappeared.I had many relatives trying to hack
some Java code 2 years ago. But they all stopped. Perhaps for
different reasons. 

 Instead, Linux is now under the spotlight and i can tell you that it
sells like hell. Around me, they are all trying to install a Linux
distrib (at home and at work) and trying to master the GNU tools.
Intranet servers based on Linux are growing like mushrooms. 

On another front, it seems that M$ has stopped all Java developments
and is pushing VC++ 6.0 very hard. 

So, like Ada, Java will have to find its niche. 

> 
>Java is getting used more and more than ever.
>
>I work in silicon valley as software contractor, 2 years ago, only
>few positions required Java, now, I can't find something that is NOT
>in java.  my last contract was Java, and next one is Java. Got 3 calls
>today from agencies, and the 3 positions were Java.
>
>Not C, Not C++ (and of course not Ada as many here have even heared of it, 
>never mind using).
> 
>And these are not small projects, these are large, networking, databases,
>transaction processing, etc.. applications, being done by well known 
>companies around here.
> 
>If this is slowing down, I don't know what being popular is.
>
>One good thing about all of this, is that I don't have to use C and C++
>anymore. If I can't use Ada, at least I can use Java. The one good thing
>Java did is free us from C and C++.
>
>
>Mike.