>"I have my own feelings about where Java is headed and I do believe that if, as a community, we don't get our act together, we may have only five years left at the most. After talking to my counterparts, it would appear I'm being overly generous with five years."

Exactly. If they can't meet the challeneges of competition in less than five years, the product won't continue to exist.

Thats a basic truism in this business. If Microsoft decided not to do anything for five years, they'd be dead too. This is a rally cry, not a funeral march.

You gave this thread a fairly dishonest title.