Java and Related Technologies

Java is a powerful open source technology. The way, it created the ground is amazing. The support of java in open source community is increasing day by day. Previously there was very few choices of IDE's for java development. Now more and more Java IDE's are coming into picture and some of them are really cool.
We have a long list of good server for java developement which includes Tomcat, Weblogic, JBoss etc. Which makes this language the first choice for large applications. And open source technologies like Ant, Junit makes the life easier for java based development.
As java becoming more popular for open soucre developer, other technologies like .Net( Microsoft alternative to java ) is loosing it's ground. The fact is that the .Net developers are always underpaid than java developers.