One of the most interesting things I saw at this show was the change in mindset about development. Last year, dynamic languages were interesting, but the main thoughts were still on Java. This year? Completely different. In talk after talk, and in side conversation after side conversation it became clear that Java is regarded - at least by the attendees of this show - as a thing of past. Oh sure, it's still in use, and it will remain in use for a long while. It had no champions though, and plenty of people expressed the thought that Sun's release of 1.5 was the straw that broke the camel's back - the level of complexity being grafted onto the language was just too much. Heck, mention the phrase "Java Generics" at this conference and you were likely to hear snickering.