As Oracle Sues Google Over Java, Developers Move to Other Languages

'Java won't die; it will limp along,' one source says, but it has 'hit the complexity wall.'

by Robin Miller

September 7, 2010

Oracle is suing Google over its use of Java in its Android smartphone operating system. Some developers now believe the risk that Oracle is going to either sue or raise licensing fees for all Java users, not just Google, is high enough that they need to investigate and eventually move to other languages.

Dylan Hardison, a software developer for a small firm in Tampa, Florida, says his employer, once a Perl-oriented shop that also did a large amount of Java development, is now "...seeing a lot more C# work than Java work."

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Robin 'Roblimo' Miller is a writer, editor, and online community builder; author of three IT-related books; and a skilled video director, editor, and producer. He's been covering technology, politics, and business since 1985 for assorted print and online publications, and was a Slashdot editor for 10 years under his 'Roblimo' nom de net.

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As Oracle Sues Google Over Java, Developers Move to Other Languages

'Java won't die; it will limp along,' one source says, but it has 'hit the complexity wall.'

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