Poll Result: Reaction to JDK 7 Feature List Is Mixed

Participants in this past week's poll expressed a variety of views over the feature list in the upcoming JDK 7. The overall tenor was a mix of indifference and disappointment, with a small group expressing enthusiasm. A total of 485 votes were cast. The exact question and results were: What's your reaction to the JDK 7 feature list? 20% (99 votes) - I love it and can hardly wait 29% (143 votes) - Some handy but insignificant features 27% (133 votes) - Disappointed; when do we get JDK 8? 13% (62 votes) - I don't care 10% (48 votes) - Other If you consider "Some handy but insignificant features" to represent a kind of indifference (i.e., "this won't significantly change my life"), then summing the three middle responses gives us an "indifference and disappointment" index of 69%. That's quite large. And it's possibly even larger, given that 10% of voters did not see an option that fits their reaction (so they selected "Other"). Soon after the poll was published, it received its first comment, from fabriziogiudici, who wished there was an option that was less positive than "I love it and can hardly wait" but more positive than "Some handy but insignificant features": I understand that we can't have dozens of options for every poll, but please give us some more choice. I'm going to vote "I love it and can hardly wait", but it's far from my point of view. I'd have answered "i...

Date: September, 11 2009
Url: http://www.java.net/blog/editor/archive/2009/09/11/poll-result-reaction-jdk-7-feature-list-mixed

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