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Re:Ask HN: Why are Apache projects so Java-centric? by KrestenKjaer on Monday March 23, 2015 @07:19AM (#9250310) 

  Apache has a pretty good framework for "crossing the t's and dotting the i's" in legal terms for code contributions, so that big companies know that all the code is accounted for and there are no nasty legal surprises lurking - in theory.
That sentence exactly summed up the point I was trying to make.
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Re:Ask HN: Why are Apache projects so Java-centric? by eternalban on Monday March 23, 2015 @08:04AM (#9250430)
Not "exactly". You also expressed tired cliches such as "Big companies create projects written in Java."
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Re:Ask HN: Why are Apache projects so Java-centric? by jpitz on Monday March 23, 2015 @08:44AM (#9250544)
Just because its tired, doesn't mean it isn't true.
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Re:Ask HN: Why are Apache projects so Java-centric? by eternalban on Monday March 23, 2015 @09:05AM (#9250616)
I have actually audited systems by "big companies" written in other, e.g. C#, languages.

(p.s. Try "it's")

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Re:Ask HN: Why are Apache projects so Java-centric? by jpitz on Tuesday March 24, 2015 @10:24AM (#9256737)
I have actually authored systems at big and small companies in: C# VB Pascal Java Python Ruby JavaScript

My point was not that big companies don't use languages other than Java. My point was that the tired cliche of Java dominating at big companies is entirely warranted. If I implied that Java penetration at large enterprises is 100%, then there is a lot more wrong with my writing than a missing apostrophe.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are Apache projects so Java-centric? by bkeroack on Monday March 23, 2015 @10:39AM (#9251151)
C# is Microsoft's Java. How many Python, Go, Ruby or Haskell projects have you audited at "big companies"?
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Re:Ask HN: Why are Apache projects so Java-centric? by eternalban on Monday March 23, 2015 @11:12AM (#9251329)
Ruby and Python are everywhere in the enterprise. Haskell is currently "useless" [1] for the enterprise for the obvious human resource reasons.

[1]: https://youtu.be/iSmkqocn0oQ

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Re:Ask HN: Why are Apache projects so Java-centric? by codygman on Monday March 23, 2015 @06:46PM (#9253816)
> the obvious human resource reasons

Can you elaborate on these?

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Re:Ask HN: Why are Apache projects so Java-centric? by eternalban on Monday March 23, 2015 @08:30PM (#9254211)
Why bother? Count the down votes in this thread and then note the number of thoughtful rebuttals. (But for the record, imo Haskell is a glorious language.)
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Re:Ask HN: Why are Apache projects so Java-centric? by KrestenKjaer on Monday March 23, 2015 @09:14AM (#9250661)
Big companies create a lot of projects, some of them are bound to be in Java. I in no way intended to state Java was the only language for business applications.
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