Rodent Regatta

At various times I’ve heard proponents of one technology or another become so fervant in their support of the technology that they take on the demeanor of a political or religious advocate. Examples include (but extend far beyond) Windows vs. Macintosh, Windows vs. Linux, Open Source vs. Closed(?) Source, CSS vs. Tables, Basic vs. Cobol, etc.

Ray Ozzie relates a story about a decision point involving proponents of Java vs. alternatives. We have the benefit of looking at this one in hindsight and seeing how things have unfolded. This was a decision involving people who had ”real work” to get done – not just the luxury of debating because debating is fun.