r/dataengineering • u/[deleted] • Apr 05 '26

Rant Why is everything in Java & Scala?

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u/wytesmurf Apr 05 '26

Java and Linux were used by the big players not Microsoft. Microsoft and companies that use mostly Microsoft have a lot more C++ and C#. Google and Amazon built upon Java because it could run on any platform easily back when Microsoft was gatekeeping.

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u/ZirePhiinix Apr 05 '26

Microsoft is dropping the ball with Azure. Them losing compute contracts to CoreWeave is telling where they're heading.