Greg Donald wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 7:25 PM, egervari <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I'm just curious if you think Java is dead.
> 
> That's like going on the PHP list asking if Perl is dead.  Are you
> seeking bias on purpose?  :)
> 
> I began developing Andorid apps last year and am presently making
> quite a bit of money from them.  From my perspective, Java is not
> dead, far from it.

Of course, that's the JVM.  You could write an Android app in JRuby, 
Scala, or Clojure if you wanted to, right?

> 
> If you subscribe to some of the the popular job sites, Dice,
> CareerBuilder, etc., you'll quickly see that Java is still very
> popular.  I see about 5-10 Java jobs listed for just my local area in
> middle TN per day, and this area is in no way the technology capitol
> of the world.

There sure are lots of Java jobs out there.  There are also lots of 
ColdFusion and VB.net jobs out there, as well as companies still using 
CVS.

> 
> 
> --
> Greg Donald
> destiney.com | gregdonald.com

Best,
--
Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
[email protected]
-- 
Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby 
on Rails: Talk" group.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to 
[email protected].
For more options, visit this group at 
http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.

Reply via email to