[pjriot]

I'd agree w.r.t. Go in a sense, but Java doesn't have much of a stake in front end web development.

[robfig]

Where do you get that information? A large fraction of Google's frontends are written in Java.

[pjriot]

If you're referring to GWT, you're absolutely right, but thats more Google's stake than Java's.

[zmmmmm]

I think he / she means client side.