Java humor

[elfs]

I've been getting a lot of calls from recruiters recently. I'm not sure what prompted that, but still, it's nice to know that my skillset is wanted. They keep asking me if I have any Java programming experience, and I have to explain that I don't. (I'm no longer having to explain that Javascript and Java aren't the same thing, thankfully. They seem to have caught on to that, at least.)

A friend forwarded me this: Wikileaks to Leak 5000 Open Source Java Projects. I love this part:

Java programmers around the globe are in a panic today over a Wikileaks press release issued at 8:15am GMT. Wikileaks announced that they will re-release the source code for thousands of Open Source Java projects, making all access modifiers 'public' and all classes and members non-'final'. Agile Java Developer Johnnie Garza of Irvine, CA condemns the move. "They have no right to do this. Open Source does not mean the source is somehow 'open'. That's my code, not theirs. If I make something private, it means that no matter how desperately you need to call it, I should be able to prevent you from doing so, even long after I've gone to the grave."

It reminds me, though, of Jacob Kaplan-Moss's observation that when someone says, "We don't have to provide good documentation or a decent API; it's open source, you can do what you want," what they really mean is, "We hate you."

Comments

[featheredfrog.livejournal.com]

"They have no right to do this. Open Source does not mean the source is somehow 'open'. That's my code, not theirs. If I make something private, it means that no matter how desperately you need to call it, I should be able to prevent you from doing so, even long after I've gone to the grave."

I'm having a problem. Is this guy joking, psychotic or just not listening to what he's saying?

[featheredfrog.livejournal.com]

Aah, it's a joke article. furrfu!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_candide_/]

"We don't have to provide good documentation or a decent API; it's open source, you can do what you want," what they really mean is, "We hate you."

*snerk!* Soooo true!