Java Is So 90s

An anonymous reader writes "Some of you may recall last year's Java vs. LAMP Slashdot flamewar. The fight has now "brewed" (couldn't resist) into the mainstream press at BusinessWeek." From the article: "Yared says developers far and wide are creating a new generation of Internet-based applications with LAMP and related technologies rather than with Java. Can it possibly be that Java -- once the hippest of hip software -- has become a legacy technology, as old and out of style as IBM's (IBM) mainframe computers and SAP's corporate applications? Mounting evidence points to yes. Reports by Evans Data Corp., which does annual surveys of the activities of software developers, show Java use is slipping as LAMP and Microsoft's .NET technology gain traction."

Comments

Re:UNIX

[ackthpt]

Is JAVA the new UNIX? It's still useful sometimes somewhere somehow but most people tend to forget/ignore its existence.

Meanwhile, somewhere in Denmark, a graduate student is thinking "...I like Java, but not Sun's dictatorial stance on it... I think I'll come up with my own and call it Lava... (Pronounced "LooVa")

Re:The real 90s versus outdated 00s software

[drightler]

"joys of Perl".... that makes me shudder. I learned how to program with Perl. Took me forever to unlearn the "Perl" way and start programming the "right" way. ;)