I would argue that in a world where we've progressed past Linux and C, but still talk about using PHP, MySQL and Java, and other such middleware, including Ruby

I would argue that in a world where we've progressed past Linux and C, but still talk about using PHP, MySQL and Java, and other such middleware, including Ruby, Python, Perl and so forth, not much actual progress has been made after all. It would simply feel like standing still, for an overhwelming majority.