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1) No, you can have a Java webapp up and running in < 1 hour for < $10/month on an EC2 micro instance. 2) Compared to the other popular languages right now, Jav
by efsavage 16y ago
1) No, you can have a Java webapp up and running in < 1 hour for < $10/month on an EC2 micro instance.
2) Compared to the other popular languages right now, Java will solve far more performance problems than it adds. And yes, performance matters, and hardware doesn't solve everything.
3) We use Java at StyleFeeder, and reached profitability before being acquired. I credit our ability to pivot/refactor/scale quickly and cheaply enough to get to that point to many things, not the least of which is our decision to use Java.