>>Agreed and have said so before. Still, Java is currently in the brains of most gov IT the free & professional solution.
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>When issue is a big business like gov. things, Java is not free...

It is not cheap - you can develop it wth free tools like Dotnet, but it is a PITA:
Developing high level java back ends is arguably more expensive than MS -
not only from man H but tool side as well,
but the perception of java is still "free" and "democratic" from Sun days.
See my reply to Craig.

regards

thomas