This reminds me of the constant "Apple is dead" threads one used to hear 
starting in the mid 90's.

You don't hear that anymore though, do you? :)


Rob

On Oct 28, 2010, at 9:00 AM, clay wrote:

> I'd summarize:
> 
> - Java has never been a major platform for consumer desktop apps. This
> really isn't changing, unless you consider Android.
> - Java desktop is very successful for dev tools and thousands of niche
> custom vertical desktop apps. This really isn't changing either.
> - Could you replace Java with toolset xyz? Absolutely. If whoever owns
> the project decides for whatever reason that they want to switch from
> toolset "A" to toolset "B", they can generally do so.
> - Java is most prominent outside the desktop for server-side, headless
> (no GUI) apps, and non-applied theoretical research.
> - For some weird reason, some variant of the question, "Is Java Dead?"
> is asked constantly, and this has been going on for years. It's
> probably representative of an anxiety in the Java community and the
> fact that "Java" has image and perception problems in the zeitgest of
> today.
> 
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