So, unless you find working with the COBOL of our times enthralling, I guess now is as good a time as any to jump ship on Java. Not that most HN readers haven't done that already.
Luckily, I think most of us Java devs have had the benefit of the shift towards a more polyglot style during the last several years. I think our generation of developers, if you can call it that, are more capable of weathering the storm; ultimately, we will be fine if Java dies.
Java is not a great language but scalability, cross platform and corporate support made it what it is today, if the company behind Java leaves it alone, in time less and less people will choose it in long term mission critical deployments, then it will die.
Or maybe another language will rise after the death of java which can be better in the long term.
I am both happy and sad that java is dying.
Series page: http://www.slashcontrol.com/free-tv-shows/babylon-5
Start here: http://www.slashcontrol.com/free-tv-shows/babylon-5/season1/...
(There are one or two missing episodes--specifically, I know season 1 #13 isn't there--but you can get whatever's missing from iTunes, etc.).
The pilot is there, as Season 1 ep 1, but the other movies are not (I'd recommend seeing "In the Beginning" just before watching Season 5, if you can).
(Also, how cool is it to have correctly predicted widescreen TVs in 1993?)
Also, I just decided, that it's probably time for a rewatch - it has been two years now since I've last seen the series.
