Java Continues to Grow

Java ended 2006, and began 2007, with astounding growth. Just take a look at these numbers.

One month into 2007, Java can be found in more and more places, and the Java developer community continues to grow. Take a look at these numbers:

- There are over 5 million Java developers, and growing
- As I write this, there are 1165 Java Community Process (JCP) members and 308 Java Specification Requests (JSRs)
- Java can be found in over 4 billion devices of some sort
- There are over 1.5 billion Java Powered phones (source: Ovum; as of end of Dec. 2006) and over 180 Java carrier deployments
- Java is used in 6 million television set top boxes
- There are over 2.2 billion Java Cards in use
- Java is installed on over 800 million PCs
- More than 391 million visitors to java.com have downloaded the JRE

Overall this is good for Java developers world-wide, as Java continues to be the leading language for innovation on the web and in the enterprise. Now, with the recent release of Java 6, it will be interesting to note Java's growth on the desktop and within Web 2.0 (Ajax) applications, thanks to its new desktop integration features and scripting support.

Thanks to you, as members of the Java community, Java continues to both evolve with the changing world of Web 2.0, and revolutionize in the world of the enterprise. Amid all of the growth and progress, one question remains: what role will you play in the Java community in 2007? Perhaps you have revolutionary ideas of your own that you want to share with DDJ readers worldwide. Write me at eric@ericbruno.com, and I'll be sure to write about it.

-EJB

Posted by Eric Bruno at 10:06 PM  Permalink