I am very grateful to James Gosling for posting his blog entry of January 4, 2005: "Sharpen the Axe: the Dark Side." (http://weblogs.java.net/jag/)
The reason is that I believe this very topic to be of utmost importance to software developers (and their employers!). The second reason is that I don't believe this issue is discussed openly enough. So, first of all, thank you Dr. Gosling for the...