Trouble Ahead for Java

Jeremy Geelan writes "The editor-in-chief of the world's largest journal devoted to Java wonders whether, with the arrival of Microsoft's C# programming language on the scene, Java perhaps has only 5 years or so left to live. Javaland has erupted! This is a little like Bill Gates wondering out loud whether to send Scott McNealy a Christmas card. But is Alan Williamson right? Read this short article and decide for yourself."

Comments

It's the tools

[blamanj]

Don't forget that Visual Studio costs over $1000. There are a large number of decent Java tools that are free (as in beer.) For the notoriously cheap developer community, that is significant.