Java Contracting - what should I brush up on?

[Churchill]

FTFY

No, they don't.

Yeah they do.

Especially that "Ginger" one.

[Zoiderman]

Yeah they do.

Especially that "Ginger" one.

No, wouldn't be friends with a ginge, too fighty, too angry and I don't like the look of their offspring son.

[Incognito]

No, wouldn't be friends with a ginge, too fighty, too angry and I don't like the look of their offspring son.

You normally admire your friends offspring then?

[TheFaQQer]

Oracle will ruin Java

which is why Oracle is moving more and more development away from PL/SQL and into Java with Oracle Fusion now on GA?

[Zoiderman]

You normally admire your friends offspring then?

Not a bit, I just make sure I don't have ginger friends and then I know none of that ugliness will turn up.

HTH

[administrator]

Enough of the name hair / car bitching. This was a decent question from the OP and while I appreciate it is in General can we please leave the name calling out of this thread.

[Churchill]

Enough of the name hair / car bitching. This was a decent question from the OP and while I appreciate it is in General can we please leave the name calling out of this thread.

Sorry son, er Dad.

[Wodewick]

OI! Plebs! LEAVE IT!!!

ftfy

[d000hg]

Oracle will ruin Java. So your saying if you don't use a Windows server you must be using Java on a Linux/Unix? More and more people are switching to Python/Ruby/jNode etc.

"More and more" maybe, but starting from such a tiny fraction that's hardly a big deal - non-Java use can increase tenfold without making a big dent. PHP is the biggest competitor (in the web side of things obviously) - the tech you mention are WAY away from threatening Java. Down the line maybe, but we're talking a decade at the least and I think the JVM is here to stay. Even if people say with 6/7 in the event Java is "ruined" which is itself very unlikely.

[heyya99]

"More and more" maybe, but starting from such a tiny fraction that's hardly a big deal - non-Java use can increase tenfold without making a big dent. PHP is the biggest competitor (in the web side of things obviously) - the tech you mention are WAY away from threatening Java. Down the line maybe, but we're talking a decade at the least and I think the JVM is here to stay. Even if people say with 6/7 in the event Java is "ruined" which is itself very unlikely.

Anyone got any educated answers?