"When Java started, it was easy to write web applications.

  Now, to build a Java application in the lightweight way, you need to learn 

  servlets, XML, struts, some persistence framework like Hibernate or 

  iBATIS, and Spring to help glue it all together. That's an oppressive 

  learning curve. And three years from now, when the state of the art has 

  changed, you'll have to do it all again. <a href="http://www.webservicessummit.com/Articles/MovingPastJava.htm">Java's not approachable to the 

  masses like it once was.</a>&quot;</p><p><span class="pathitemsinfo"><span class="small">29.10.2005, 10:39</span></span><br />&nbsp;</p>