[PLUG] Is Java Still a Good Development Choice?

[Anderson, Rob (Global Trade)]

>    I ask the subject question because of Sun's re-alignment 
> with Microsoft
> and their announced business goal of killing off Red Hat and 
> linux. (Groklaw
> has a very interesting article on the transition and the FUD 
> involved.)
> Since Sun has become anti-OSS I guess we're all wondering 
> about the future
> of OpenOffice.org (for which Sun shares the copyright with 
> OO.o) and Java
> (which they retain as closed source).
> 
>    For those developing commercial applications: what do you 
> think with
> regard to the use of java?

It really depends on what you are making. Short answer, java is good but may be overkill for little things.

My 1 cent,

-Rob Anderson