Java faces challenges of uncertainty, fragmentation, and declining popularity, especially in mobile where Android boosted it but JavaME's future is unclear. Oracle's acquisition also affects its openness. However, Java remains strong in enterprise applications and cloud computing, and new versions address past issues. While scripting languages challenge Java's niche, it remains friendly to them. Overall Java must adapt to changes in mobile, RIA, cloud, and its stewardship to remain relevant across industries.

1. Riding The Change Harshad Oak IndicThreads

2. Intro

3. Java

5. Fragmentation

6. Drop in cool quotient

7. Java JavaME JavaSE JavaEE JavaFX Oracle Sun NetBeans JDeveloper Weblogic Glassfish

9. Critical? Coin Closures JDK 7

10. Java Enterprise Src- java.net

12. Ease & Speed of Dev

13. Java EE 6

14. Learnt from competition

16. Android was a booster shot, but now… ?

17. JavaME ???

19. Promising, but..

20. HTML5

22. Small guys can compete

24. Niche / Mainstream

25. Java is scripting lang friendly

27. Fusion Middleware Runs On Java

28. Java was always only partially open

29. (Netbeans + Glassfish) vs (JDeveloper + Weblogic)

30. Riding The Change

31. Thank You [email_address] http://twitter.com/HarshadOak