Mike Gualtieri's blog on "Java is a dead-end for enterprise application development" is true as far as it goes. I notice that he refrains from going that extra step in describing the pain some companies are in with their development strategies which still include Java and C#. Companies are spending large sums of money to slowly develop applications for mission critical use. Apart form the cost, the time to market seems to always be under estimanted with projects continually coming in over time.
I have noticed a large company that has two systems that do the same thing ( as they bought an opposition Company). One is a uniface application, and one is a Java application. They are still some time away from migrating one system into another and they therefore have to do changes on both systems. As these systems are major Banking systems and are subject to legislative changes it is essential that the changes are done.
I was not surprised to see that the Uniface application changes were completed and tested in three weeks and that the Java changes were still (at the time of writing) into the fourth month.
Surly this demonstates the power of a 4GL like Uniface in the enterprise marketplace. Maybe Mike needs to interview some of the companies that have tried both. Here is Mike's Blog if you wish to view it.
: http://blogs.forrester.com/mike_gualtieri/10-11-23-java_is_a_dead_end_for_enterprise_app_development
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