>>"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."
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>Exactly. If they can't meet the challeneges of competition in less than five years, the product won't continue to exist.
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>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.
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>You gave this thread a fairly dishonest title.

Depends on how you look at it. The author is not the only one who has said Java is in trouble.