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“I have a confession to make…”

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- Hey, what are guys up to?
- We are just enjoying some porn
- Hope you’re not doing Java and open source
- No!

The hilarious trailer of JAVATAR makes a brilliant psychological observation of human beings approaching different or new technologies. The technological emotions syndrome as pictured here is funny and scary at the same time. Had there been no emotions expressed about IT, we wouldn’t observe all the holy battles trolled out loudly out there.

- Dad…I have a confession to make
- I use…

Alternative link to the trailer.

Linux vs Windows. FOSS vs Proprietary. C++ vs Java. OSGeo vs ESRI. Python vs PHP. <your favourite technology> vs <your hated technology>

The funny part is the situation comedy being pictured. The worrying thing is, had the comedy not been pictured, we wouldn’t see it’s a comedy. A kind of drama, actually.

The World is shaking

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Oracle Buys Sun. Tom asked What this will mean for MySQL?. I can make a wager this is going to happen:

  • MySQL will be laid to rest (R.I.P.)
  • Oracle will continue (harder?) promoting Oracle Express as the leading free-of-charge database solution for Web shops and similar.
  • PostgreSQL stays where it is on position of the best Open Source Database Management System in the World.

Anybody is going to predict what will happen to Java?

Update 2009-04-22 09:09:07: Sun and Oracle: End of a beautiful dream – Open source goes to work by Gavin Clarke, The Register.