You have to realize that Java isn't just important for the enterprise. It's also really important for academia and mobile. I remember seeing a figure which was

You have to realize that Java isn't just important for the enterprise. It's also really important for academia and mobile. I remember seeing a figure which was in the billions, which basically represented the number of non-pc devices reliant on Java, and that number was comprised mostly of mobile devices. On top of that, most schools around the world begin teaching their computing undergrads in Java, which is a pretty big deal in terms of where development is headed in the mainstream.