Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news.alt.net!news.glider.net!news.tor.net!news.cipher.net From: cipher Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.databases.oracle.server,comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: The Revenge of the Geeks Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:15:42 +0000 (UTC) Organization: 1st Virginia Volunteers/CeSium Brigade Lines: 61 Message-ID: <69nu6g.hrq.19.6@news.alt.net> References: <6f3ae915-f8e9-444f-9dbb-ecf903552b5f@i2g2000pbi.googlegroups.com> <69jv5p.fku.17.5@news.alt.net> <50ff587a$0$295$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <69mm41.i9o.19.1@news.alt.net> <510087d2$0$286$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <69mn77.k6e.19.1@news.alt.net> <51008c65$0$294$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: AlsoNunyaBizness Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Bungmunch_U./AHM_Memorial_Institute_of_F@x0r1n6: Dean Convict: EmmettGulley Empire_of_APDD: 6-5p07 FAQ_Keeper_of: alt.cesium Kook_Filter: Off NSA_Secure_Server: Yes RFC_Compliant: Yes Registered-Linux-User: #556617 Screw: You Test: Yes VLNOC_Cohort: 1407 X-DMCA-Info: Google Groups is pirating my copywritten material! X-Echelon-Keywords: White House, Intelligence, gchq.gov.uk, Pipe Bomb, World Trade Center, Assassination, Awareness, Islamic, Revolution, Kill, Jews, President, Anarchy, Al Amn al-Askari, SEMTEX, Langley, Virginia, Passport, US, Fairfax County, Fort Meade, Maryland, Renegade, Renaissance, Rosebud, 88, Radiance, Celtic, Capri, Fake ID, NSA, Cobalt-60, Castor Bean, Strontium-90, Iridium-192, Plutonium-238, Radium-226, Nitric Acid, HNO3, Uncle Fester, David Harber, Steve Preisler, Death, Lethal Dose, LD50, Barack Hussein Obama, WikiLeaks, AES-256, Poison, Methylene Chloride, Fourteen Words, Ricin, Ottawa, Hot Sexy Porn X-Face: >xi%%z}*v`zBzKogMX_pzb(3@M0-=eY]W](A^F^2da6f~]6l^f}h0e^7pQIX^P*}&.XA#)Oi'a~egr`M[-PD0$*_aBF5oNC*]OuPbp\44#gz~Pc;,^8X:zDkvG|:qe{ene+5k$\H5dS=B'N"6"@,30}{U~Cp"}VLG\h>PK+9_v3~F\4\8$^8V~S%XwB:UDX#*2A8Hmd*;UP('AZB*.xaG8I^26Hk{MEC4tB!TQ>:~~KaXU$R:YVqY X-Usenet-Provider: NunyaBizness X-WebTV-Stationery: Standard; BGColor=red; TextColor=red User-Agent: Pan/0.136 (I'm far too busy being delicious; GIT 926a150 git://git.gnome.org/pan2) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:159509 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:48867 comp.databases.oracle.server:4120 comp.lang.java.programmer:21639 On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:20:33 -0500, Arne Vajhøj Inscribed upon the Golden Tablets of Usenet thusly: > On 1/23/2013 8:10 PM, cipher wrote: >> On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:01:01 -0500, Arne Vajhøj Inscribed upon the >> Golden Tablets of Usenet thusly: >> >>> On 1/23/2013 7:51 PM, cipher wrote: >>>> On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:26:47 -0500, Arne Vajhøj Inscribed upon the >>>> Golden Tablets of Usenet thusly: >>>> >>>>> On 1/22/2013 7:07 PM, cipher wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 08:54:53 -0800, joel garry Inscribed upon the >>>>>> Golden >>>>>>> We know how Oracle wound up with java. Sun fucked up, Larry >>>>>>> swooped in and got loads of intellectual property and engineering >>>>>>> expertise for pennies on the dollar. It's the American way! >>>>>> >>>>>> Java is dying on the home desktop. Maybe other places as well... >>>>> >>>>> Depend on your definition of dying. >>>>> >>>>> According to statowl those with Java installed has dropped from 81% >>>>> to 66%. >>>> >>>> 81% to 61% sure don't sound healthy... >>>> >>>> Java is dying. Period. >>> >>> http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2013-01-18/ >>> >>> >> > > We may be a bit old fashioned in the Java group. > > Facts is still considered a positive. > > Arne Indeed. I appreciate your not jumping on my error, 66% not 61% is what I should have posted... When Homeland Security/CERT start posting recommendations and instructions for removing Java you know your product is in trouble. Additionally, at least one major software outfit, Libre Office, has announced their intentions to scrap Java in favor of another solution. As it is, only the DB portion of LO relies on Java... -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ )\ ( ) /( Cipher/Proud Member, Netscum Alumni Association )-(0^^0)-( Bungmunch U./AHM Memorial Institute of F@x0r1n6/Dean )/ \\// \( Colonel/1st Virginia Volunteers/CeSium Brigade (oo) Registered Linux User #556617 / ~~ \ Empire of APDD/#6-5p07/VLNOC Cohort #1407 o@o o@o Keeper of the alt.CeSium FAQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~