YouTube Vs FileNet

Nowadays I do some market analysis in my spare time (I'm new in this).
I notice a strange comparison

In August 2006 IBM acquired FileNet for 1.6$ Billion
In November 2006 Google acquired YouTube for 1.6$ Billion

Note that:

• FileNet has about 4000 world wide customer and 30 years in the market
• YouTube make 14 million visitor in a month and about 2 years founded

Many questions raised in my mind.
What is the market size of Online Video compared with ECM market?
How we explain the 2 deals ?

Afraid of Changing Java?

Here is a nice talk about changing java 1.4 , 5 , 6 and Java 7

http://www.theserverside.com/blogs/thread.tss?thread_id=43955&asrc=EM_NLN_953362&uid=5226420


My opinion is:

Java most widely used by Enterprise.Non of current existing Solutions will upgrade to a newer version.Like what happen in EJB , 80% of enterprise applications build @ 1.3 specs and not upgrades to 1.4 or EJB 3.

I think improving the performance of the JVM is more efficient than changing the language it self.

Java Developers in Egypt

I see this list in http://jdc.egjug.org/?q=node/19 about who registered in the last Java conference in Egypt (20/Jan/2007)
This list give indicator on the distribution of java developer between companies

here is the list (No of Attendees) Company Name

The online registration was around 400 and there are 200 paid developer:-

1. 55 ITWorx
2. 43 IBM
3. 30 EDS
4. 18 NTG
5. 16 ITSoft
6. 10 ITG
7. 9 AMS-Europ
8. 8 Raya Software
9. 7 Harf
10. 7 DMS
11. Other companies

the total mentioned is 203

Sun Returns a Profit!

Reports Fiscal Q2 Earnings of $136M, or 3c a Share
by Java News Desk
(January 29, 2007) - On a roll after its détente with Intel, Sun Tuesday came in with respectable numbers for a change and announced that - for some illusive reason - Guernsey-based KKR Private Equity Investors LP had put $700 million in the company in the form of convertible notes. Sun, which has close to $3.5 billion at hand, said it would use the money for growth. Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz described the investment as 'an opportunistic transaction.'

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