Coincidentally, I was just talking about this an hour ago. My daughter is an
EE student at UAF and was flown to Minnesota yesterday by IBM for a
recruiting event. The most common question asked by interviewers: "Do you
know Java?". I've never programmed in Java, but in the last couple of years
I've run into a few pieces of telecom gear that have Java-based GUI
interfaces. The ones I have seen are incredibly sluggish and frustrating and
I run back to the console interface.
On a somewhat related subject - if anybody has DSL service that uses the new
Paradyne 6381 ADSL/R modem - telnet into it (defaults 192.168.1.1,
username=root, password=Admin). It's a Linux box! (busybox). Try ifconfig,
lsmod, etc. Incredible - everything works. It's something like $100. Lots of
entertainment potential. I wish I had time.
On Thursday 04 March 2004 10:18 pm, Troy Melhase wrote:
> On Thursday 04 March 2004 10:08 pm, Jan Zumwalt wrote:
> > Sun announced that 1.5 billion devices around the world are powered by
> > Java technology: 250 million mobile phones, 650 million desktops, 500
> > million SIM and Smart Cards, and a hundred million other locations.
> >
> >
> > http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2004-02/sunflash.20040219.1.html
>
> Java, Language of Tomorrow:
>
> http://sakima.ivy.net/~carton/academia/java_languageoftomorrow.html
>
> Java: Failure or Crime?
>
> http://www.advogato.org/article/752.html
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