Tiobe survey has C# nipping at C++'s heels in popularity, but C++ holds edge in growing mobile development field ...

Java inventor James Gosling says he isn't losing much sleep over Microsoft these days, despite the software giant's effort to stem Java's popularity with its own Java-like language.

Developers with C#, VB.net or ASP.net skills out-earned Java developers by £50 a day at each level, according to the report.

Wylie Wong sits with Microsoft's John Montgomery, who has the chore of trying to convince millions of Java developers to embrace .Net technology.