The google timeline of "java dead" is kinda funny:
http://www.google.com/views?q=java+dead+view%3Atimeline&...
Looks like it has been dead since 1997, and was most dead in 2003, but not by a whole lot.
http://www.google.com/views?q=java+dead+view%3Atimeline&...
Looks like it has been dead since 1997, and was most dead in 2003, but not by a whole lot.
On a related note, I've been growing in popularity at a similar rate.
This is just like procrastination. You say that it's dead and don't want to use it, "but then what the heck just one last project"