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> Ruby on Rails: 57 jobs
> Java: 14297 jobs

I don't suppose that can be attributed to 
fact that Rails is a very narrow (by design) 
specific framework and Java is a complete language, 
maybe? Nah, that wouldn't make your pithy soundbite 
sized comment make sense.

Or is it because Rails, in any sort of "production"
sense is MAYBE 18 months old, and Java over 6 or 7 
years, easy? Nahhhh...

Or because Java has been sold, sold, sold, sold by
a mega corp and Rails by grassroots evangelism? 

COULDN'T BE!

No, wait, it must be that because it takes over 
14,000 java programmers to do what 57 Rails 
programmers can... =)