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by davidw 4107 days ago
Also, Apache has a pretty good framework for "crossing the t's and dotting the i's" in legal terms for code contributions, so that big companies know that all the code is accounted for and there are no nasty legal surprises lurking - in theory.

For a while, I was part of one small non-Java bit of the ASF: https://tcl.apache.org/rivet/ but I haven't been active for a few years, and indeed, as of last weekend, decided to resign from active membership in the ASF and 'go emeritus'.

It's a good group doing good work.
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KrestenKjaer 4107 days ago 

  Apache has a pretty good framework for "crossing the t's and dotting the i's" in legal terms for code contributions, so that big companies know that all the code is accounted for and there are no nasty legal surprises lurking - in theory.
That sentence exactly summed up the point I was trying to make.
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eternalban 4107 days ago
Not "exactly". You also expressed tired cliches such as "Big companies create projects written in Java."
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jpitz 4107 days ago
Just because its tired, doesn't mean it isn't true.
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eternalban 4107 days ago
I have actually audited systems by "big companies" written in other, e.g. C#, languages.

(p.s. Try "it's")

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jpitz 4106 days ago
I have actually authored systems at big and small companies in: C# VB Pascal Java Python Ruby JavaScript

My point was not that big companies don't use languages other than Java. My point was that the tired cliche of Java dominating at big companies is entirely warranted. If I implied that Java penetration at large enterprises is 100%, then there is a lot more wrong with my writing than a missing apostrophe.

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bkeroack 4107 days ago
C# is Microsoft's Java. How many Python, Go, Ruby or Haskell projects have you audited at "big companies"?
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eternalban 4107 days ago
Ruby and Python are everywhere in the enterprise. Haskell is currently "useless" [1] for the enterprise for the obvious human resource reasons.

[1]: https://youtu.be/iSmkqocn0oQ

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KrestenKjaer 4107 days ago
Big companies create a lot of projects, some of them are bound to be in Java. I in no way intended to state Java was the only language for business applications.
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