Middleware Matters

As I mentioned in my previous post, my latest IC "Toward Integration" column, entitled "The Language Divide," attempts to explain why there's a dearth of scripting/dynamic language use in the traditional standards-based middleware space. If you wonder whether such a divide really exists, note that with some pretty questionable statements, James Gosling essentially proves my point. His viewpoint has, not surprisingly, angered and disappointed more than a few, as Ryan Tomayko explains so well.