InfoWorld has written an article declaring that Java is the new Cobol, and that it’s the most underreported tech story of 2007. Here’s the article
What do you think?
Personally, most of my experience is .NET and so I agree with some of the comments in the article about .NET being certainly a language of the future and the increasingly common choice for businesses. But it seems to me that it’s a bit of a grandiose claim to make that Java is as outdated as Cobol. There’s plenty of room in the tech world for multiple major languages, and the client’s needs, rather than some trend, should determine which one is appropriate for a project. That’s why we have expertise in many different languages and projects going in a variety of technologies.
There’s plenty of room for .NET, Java, and Ruby on Rails. Can’t we all just get along? ;^)