Without getting all programming language religious on you, I have to disagree with you. Most Java tools are open-source, e.g. Eclipse IDE, JBoss application ser

Without getting all programming language religious on you, I have to disagree with you. Most Java tools are open-source, e.g. Eclipse IDE, JBoss application server, Tomcat app server, etc, all market leaders, or near the top. We've deployed a reasonable sized startup codebase for our project without paying a dime for tools and libraries. Plus, we were also able to carry our Java coding skills across into our Android mobile app development. I think there are pros and cons to most languages.