Re: Time to get serious

["Brad Stone" <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:16:30 -0600
 "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Brad Stone

> Hey, Brad, my teaching is about the best way to do
> things.  

Hey, Joe.  "best" in your opinion.

> Hey, Brad?  If IBM uses my marketing idea, it's because
> it's a good
> idea.  

Whatever you say.  :)

> 
> 
> > To me, it was marketed as a web language moreso to sell
> > products like websphere and get people away from "free"
> RPG
> > or other web solutions.
> 
> Java was marketed as a web language by Sun Microsystems,
> after it was
> renamed from Oak.  You really might want to read up on
> the history of
> Java sometime.

Joe.  I'm not arguing history.. I'm arguing marketing...  I
just added a "why" to the same thing we both said (Java was
marketed as a web language) that was simply opinion.

> 
> 
> > I'm not arguing with you Joe.  I've been preaching
> "your"
> > argument that RPG is the best for years now.  So have
> > others.
> 
> You don't preach anything LIKE my argument.  You and your
> RPG-X
> goofiness argues the worst reasons to stay with RPG -
> basically you
> don't like Java.  

Ok, Joe.  Whatever you say.  I know you'll continue to
argue for arguing's sake here, but you're wrong.  Plain and
simple.

Brad