This evolution may compromise Java's claim of being simpler than C++, but my guess is that the effort will make Java a better language than it is today.

An organisation that treats its programmers as morons will soon have programmers that are willing and able to act like morons only.

Defining OO as based on the use of class hierarchies and virtual functions is also practical in that it provides some guidance as to where OO is likely to be successful.

There is no one "root of all evil" in software development. Design is hard in many ways. People tend to underestimate the intellectual and practical difficulties involved in building a significant system involving software. It is not and will not be reduced to a simple mechanical "assembly line" process. Creativity, engineering principles, and evolutionary change are needed to create a satisfactory large system.

Most of the programmers in ten years will be us, and we won't get much smarter.

To many managers, getting rid of the arrogant, undisciplined, over-paid, technology-obsessed, improperly-dressed etc. programmers would appear to be a significant added benefit

Our civilization depends critically on software, and we have a dangerously low degree of professionalism in the computer fields