Comments on: In ur SDK: Sun Still Brewing Java... Sorta... http://www.imore.com/2008/04/25/in-ur-sdk-sun-still-brewing-java-sorta/ More of everything iPhone and iPad Fri, 25 May 2012 16:50:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rene Ritchie http://www.imore.com/2008/04/25/in-ur-sdk-sun-still-brewing-java-sorta/comment-page-1/#comment-5856 Rene Ritchie Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:42:23 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2008/04/25/in-ur-sdk-sun-still-brewing-java-sorta/#comment-5856 <p>A good training buddy of mine is a Sun engineer, replete with Java jacket and cap :)</p> <p>It's also their stock symbol now...</p> A good training buddy of mine is a Sun engineer, replete with Java jacket and cap :)

It's also their stock symbol now...

]]> By: cmaier http://www.imore.com/2008/04/25/in-ur-sdk-sun-still-brewing-java-sorta/comment-page-1/#comment-5855 cmaier Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:05:03 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2008/04/25/in-ur-sdk-sun-still-brewing-java-sorta/#comment-5855 <p>Probably. The one place java has held its own is on server apps. But I'm still waiting for someone to show me the market for "java chips." Ridiculous.</p> <p>They even started printing the java logo on the coffee cups in the breakrooms. Ain't they clever?</p> <p>After two months at sun I started interviewing for my next job :-)</p> Probably. The one place java has held its own is on server apps. But I'm still waiting for someone to show me the market for "java chips." Ridiculous.

They even started printing the java logo on the coffee cups in the breakrooms. Ain't they clever?

After two months at sun I started interviewing for my next job :-)

]]> By: Rene Ritchie http://www.imore.com/2008/04/25/in-ur-sdk-sun-still-brewing-java-sorta/comment-page-1/#comment-5854 Rene Ritchie Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:57:57 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2008/04/25/in-ur-sdk-sun-still-brewing-java-sorta/#comment-5854 <p>LOL! Awesome story.</p> <p>Ironically, isn't WebObjects 100% Java...?</p> LOL! Awesome story.

Ironically, isn't WebObjects 100% Java...?

]]> By: cmaier http://www.imore.com/2008/04/25/in-ur-sdk-sun-still-brewing-java-sorta/comment-page-1/#comment-5853 cmaier Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:52:04 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2008/04/25/in-ur-sdk-sun-still-brewing-java-sorta/#comment-5853 <p>Fun java stories:</p> <p>I remember when I worked at Sun, on the Ultrasparc V team. We all used sun workstations, running solaris, to get our various work done. </p> <p>One day they decide we all need to start using "javastations." They also decided to start rewriting some of the software we used to design chips in java. Both were nightmarish decisions.</p> <p>McNealy kept sending out notes about how great it all was ("the email client now shows numbers next to the messages in the message list! ain't that great!") </p> <p>Meanwhile they asked me to talk to the head of the "javachip" program to maybe work on that team. I told him i wasn't interested. He asked why, and I told him java was worthless, no one was going to buy his chips, no one wanted run their software on java workstations, and could I please leave? </p> <p>he looked like i killed his dog.</p> <p>good times.</p> Fun java stories:

I remember when I worked at Sun, on the Ultrasparc V team. We all used sun workstations, running solaris, to get our various work done.

One day they decide we all need to start using "javastations." They also decided to start rewriting some of the software we used to design chips in java. Both were nightmarish decisions.

McNealy kept sending out notes about how great it all was ("the email client now shows numbers next to the messages in the message list! ain't that great!")

Meanwhile they asked me to talk to the head of the "javachip" program to maybe work on that team. I told him i wasn't interested. He asked why, and I told him java was worthless, no one was going to buy his chips, no one wanted run their software on java workstations, and could I please leave?

he looked like i killed his dog.

good times.

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