>Has anybody noticed that most web projects are now asking for Java (not JavaScript not NET) skills?
Well, for one, Java is multiplatform. .NET - well - it works on any OS that has "Windows" as part of its name. For other platforms, I understand, it is still in development, and not quite ready.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)