[taftster]

Just to probe. COBOL doesn't have many (if any) updates to it, though. And there are no big data architectures being built around it. Equating "Java is Dead" to the same meaning as "COBOL is Dead" doesn't seem like a legitimate comparison.

But I do get your points and don't necessarily disagree with them. I just don't see this as "legacy" technology, but maybe more like "mature"?

[npalli]

Yes, "mature" would have been more accurate for Java, some exaggeration on my end. I was trying to convey the sense of excitement for new projects and developers in Java but it is not fair to Java to be compared to COBOL. Primarily because Java is actively developed, lot more developers etc. Nevertheless Cloud is so big nowadays that people are looking for alternatives to the JVM world. 10 years ago it would been a close to default option.