Bitter with the Sweet Java, Daiwa Learns Hard Lessons of Java Coding, And 'At Daiwa's Expense,' Says IT Director

Daiwa Securities America has learned hard lessons about the Sun Microsystems Java programming language, and "at Daiwa's expense," says Jeffry Borror, senior vice president and director of information technology.

"There has been a lot of Java learning and development at Daiwa's expense," explains Borror, who spoke recently at the Java Internet Business Expo at the Javits Convention Centre in New York City. For instance, he notes, the Java database connectivity (JDBC) tool did not exist when he