I get what you’re saying and I think the anonymonk’s paranoia above is silly. There is, however, a lot of baseless yet cohesive hatred for Perl and no one, really nearly no one, would choose Java if they were 100% free to decide and knew the alternatives and yet… Corporate agendas can and do frame the landscape, else WIN would not be ubiquitous for example.

I think what a lot of VCs are looking for, at least unconsciously, is the next Microsoft. And of course if Microsoft is your model, you shouldn't be looking for companies that hope to win by writing great software. But VCs are mistaken to look for the next Microsoft, because no startup can be the next Microsoft unless some other company is prepared to bend over at just the right moment and be the next IBM. –Great Hackers

In reply to Re^4: Prioritizing Broken CPAN Modules by Your Mother
in thread Prioritizing Broken CPAN Modules by thechartist

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