How about an "Is Java Dying" forum?

[John Dale]

How about a forum on Is Java Dying? Or will it require too much effort to move all the thread here from the other groups as they pop up.

[Thomas Paul]

And when you try to post in it it automatically forwards you to Microsoft's web site.
And this was my 1500th post on JavaRanch!
[This message has been edited by Thomas Paul (edited May 08, 2001).]

[Cindy Glass]

Great Thomas!
To tell you the truth I am so tired of the "Java Dying" subject that I don't even want to point out to anyone that the topic has been discussion 42zillion times already.
How can we advertise "SEARCH" better?

[Rick Prevett]

Thomas, I've been wondering how I go about tracking the number of posts I've posted here at the ranch.
Are all posts from all forums counted? How many posts equals a ranch hand? Does 100 'Duh' posts in M.D. go towards your total?
Thanks for any info here,
Rick

[Thomas Paul]

Rick, you have 25 posts. The way to find this out is:
1) find one of your posts
2) locate the little icon next to the date/time stamp that looks like a face with a question mark
3) click on it
I think you need 35 posts to be a RanchHand. And yes every post is counted.

[Rick Prevett]

Thanks Thomas. I thought it would be in my profile, but when I access my profile from the link at the top of the page, it shows me everything but my number of posts.
Rick

[shailesh sonavadekar]

Congratulations , Thomas for completing 1500 post at Javaranch.
Your Friendly Bartender
Shailesh.

[John Dale]

Oh, I've only seen 41 zillion. Even so, I wouldn' mind if they had some place to go other than the forums I read.

[Mark Herschberg]

I was thinking some type of FAQ might be useful for some of these lists. Certainly for the job discussion, you'd include:
Is Java Dying?
Java vs. C#
The merrits of certification

I generally get the impression most people don't take the time to do a quick search before posting.

--Mark
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[Matthew Roth]

Congrats to Tom.

[Jyotsna Clarkin]

Originally posted by Mark Herschberg:
I was thinking some type of FAQ might be useful for some of these lists. Certainly for the job discussion, you'd include:
Is Java Dying?
Java vs. C#
The merrits of certification

I generally get the impression most people don't take the time to do a quick search before posting.

--Mark
[email protected]

Mark-
Most people don't read the FAQ either
regards,
Jyotsna

[Joseph Russell]

Yeah but it can still be helpful. Then instead of having to restate what's already been said a zillion times or pointing them to a thread (which unless you've memorized it you'd have to look up), you could post the URL for the FAQ. Much easier if you ask me.