Thomas Murphy

In some form or another it seems that this question is on the minds of every programmer, manager and CIO in the world. Each day another hundred monkeys introduce the new savior of the world, with the promise of previously unknown productivity and an end to all programming problems. Will you be saved by JINI? Find your place in the sun with JavaSpaces? Or will HotSpot be your ticket to programming paradise? I would venture that none will do the trick because they're just technologies. Yes, they may make aspects of the job better but they won't put you into a fundamentally new state of programming happiness. To really move forward requires process and knowledge. Just as information is the most important asset of a company, it's the most important asset you possess as a programmer. As you may have learned watching Schoolhouse Rock on Saturday mornings, "Knowledge is pow... (more)