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RavenServers you from SA?
Hi,
Yes, I am from South Africa - Cape Town to be exact

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is there a big market for java developer?
In my opinion yes. I have read articles in my plethora of Java books that document the job percentages / slices of the various language positions as a profession and Java has a lot more. I know I will be flamed about this but I am only saying what I read.
On a personal note - I do notice a lot of .net, ASP, C# etc job positions for some reason. I am highly against C# as it is an entire rip off of Java - Microsoft had to pay Sun Microsystems a sum in the millions of USD because Sun proved that Microsoft designed the initial Windows XP JVM to execute Java code inefficiently - making their almost carbon copy (and stolen Java code, but add their own needless things) C# run better in comparison.
I really don't understand why anyone would go for C# instead of Java but I guess it is a decision based on the individual's knowledge and research. Such users are, however, tied to Microsoft and C# is not even cross-platform, which was the whole point of Java.
Best wishes
RavenServers