If LAMP Is So Easy, Why Isn't Java Dead?

"This is the question that Peter Yared asks in his blog, and it's fascinating given that he founded a company (ActiveGrid) based on the premise that Java was going to get shunted aside, as Stephen O'Grady notes. My company, Alfresco, is Java-based, so I'm biased in this, but it's interesting to hear the reasons Peter gives for Java's resilience:

1. "Java has become easier.
2. "It's really hard to move the world off a platform (Java) it is happy with..."

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