RE: COMMON rates (was RE: Congrads John Earl!)

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Now you know I'm no big fan of Java, but why oh why would any 
company *not* want their staff to keep current on the latest 
technologies? Java or otherwise, technologies that might actually 
*benefit* the company.
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                I refer here to the thread about what technology to use for a 
new project. I think that thread would 
probably go on ad infinitum.
                Sometimes the people in systems also get overwhelmed by the 
technology, and really don't have 
five lives, or huge amounts of time to learn all the combinations and 
permutations of possible ways to skin cats.
                Many companies buy a compiler, a set of utilities, and that's 
it. The people who support that
companies' technology, can't get hands on, because they don't have it, and are 
smart enough to know that two months of
not utilizing a newer technology, and it's bye-bye
                Hence, the desire, and need to join a group of people, who can 
really push one type of technology to the limit.
Now, if you're working for a software house/vendor, then it's another thing 
altogether.
Ken