Microsoft Pays $2.5 Billion for a Java App
I am heartened that Microsoft has seen the error in its ways and now
believes that Java is a wonderful language to use for important,
valuable programs. That is the clear conclusion we can take from
their purchase of Mojang for $2.5B, given that almost all of Mojang's
income comes from a Java program (Minecraft) and its Java-based
server. A cold-hearted profit-based company like Microsoft sees huge
business value in a pure Java program. Hopefully this signals a shift
in their years-old distraction strategy of trying to come up with a
Java alternative (.net) that only works properly on Windows. Perhaps
their new CEO (Satya Nadella) will abandon those plans and start
investing more in Java-based companies.
Indeed, a return to an industry-wide standardization on Java could
have great savings in time and money across the high-tech industry.
Many a pointless, time-wasting battle has been fought deciding between
industry-standard Java and windows-only .net. With those days
hopefully soon behind us we can enjoy a renaissance in software
engineering, with people again focused on the user value of their
software, and not battles over core technologies.
Last modified on 15 Sep 2014 by AO
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