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  Interview with Tim Bray: Atom, JRuby, and the Ecumenical Sun
Subject:   Are you sure about the improved reputation of Java?
Date:   2007-05-06 01:02:56
From:   roybatty
Fast forward to today and Java's reputation is recovering. The platform still has its opinionated detractors and there are always ongoing language wars, but fewer people are comparing the platform to COBOL.


But then the whole interview is about scripting languages and how Sun is embracing or needs to embrace PHP, Python, Ruby, this framework and that framework.


Sun is a dead man walking. Someone will pick it up at a bargain price, shed all the baggage, and keep what is worth saving - which isn't much.


But it'll be fun watching Sun die a slow death, and confirm what everybody already know. If your kissing the ass of a lowlife like Richard Stallman then you know you're in trouble.