July 28, 2006
Top 25 of the Last 25
How about another blast from the past?
eWeek picks the top 25 products of the last 25 years.
See the list here.
Technology
Posted by AlexC at July 28, 2006 11:29 PM
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Microsoft Visual Basic makes the list and Java does not? Did Katherine Harris count the votes? I demand a recount! African American OOP programmers have been disenfranchised!!!!
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Microsoft Visual Basic makes the list and Java does not? Did Katherine Harris count the votes? I demand a recount! African American OOP programmers have been disenfranchised!!!!
Posted by: jk at July 29, 2006 12:51 PMAnyone can write a VB app... Java, not so.
Posted by: AlexC at July 29, 2006 10:14 PMFair point. I just think Java was transformative. Firstly, in abstracting the OS to a JVM so Java apps could run on multiple platforms. Secondly, by providing an elegant OOP language with free tools, Sun pushed OOP into the mainstream.
The VB attack was somewhat tounge in cheek but Java struck me as a serious omission. That and Doom.
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Posted by: jk at July 30, 2006 12:24 PM | What do you think? [3]****** Geek out***Geek out***
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