I go to a school that teaches nothing but Java, and I also have several consulting jobs on the side. In only one project in one of those jobs have I used Java. I am constantly asked if I know C/C++, Perl, PHP, VBScript, but almost never Java. I have oft voiced my opinion to the CS faculty here, but it is much less work for them, so they are very happy with it. While it is a good stepping stone for people with absolutely no experience, I still maintain that C should be taught, since that's mostly what employers want and can be used [well] on any platform, not just Win32, Solaris and Linux.
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I go to a school that teaches nothing but Java, and I also have several consulting jobs on the side. In only one project in one of those jobs have I used Java. I am constantly asked if I know C/C++, Perl, PHP, VBScript, but almost never Java. I have oft voiced my opinion to the CS faculty here, but it is much less work for them, so they are very happy with it. While it is a good stepping stone for people with absolutely no experience, I still maintain that C should be taught, since that's mostly what employers want and can be used [well] on any platform, not just Win32, Solaris and Linux.