Don't get me wrong, the guys at Sun were quality geeks, and they never set out to create the Corporate Back End Language of record. But that's how it gained it

Don't get me wrong, the guys at Sun were quality geeks, and they never set out to create the Corporate Back End Language of record. But that's how it gained its huge head of steam. Another reason I failed to mention that Java is in decline is that the geek / utility-driven folks at Sun had essentially said "Java is a mature language now" and were focusing on other languages for the platform. Then the sales and marketing people at Oracle got involved and realized that was not the best way to bilk their existing customers.