Re: COMMON rates (was RE: Congrads John Earl!)

[Hans Boldt <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jon Paris wrote:
> ...  Also some managers won't send their
> staff to conferences like COMMON because they fear that they will spend time
> learning Java instead of learning more about RPG.  ...

Omigawd!?! That's got to be the most depressing and disturbing thing 
I've read since returning back to work from my LOA. (And I have read 
a few depressing and disturbing things since my return.)

Now you know I'm no big fan of Java, but why oh why would any 
company *not* want their staff to keep current on the latest 
technologies? Java or otherwise, technologies that might actually 
*benefit* the company.

(No, I don't really want to participate in a long debate on the 
subject. And sadly, I think I already know some of the answers to my 
question.)

Hans