#5 seems like a very poor reason, but it depends on what your goals are.<p>I liked this story a lot: <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2728167" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2728167</a> (or, direct link: <a href="http://dirkriehle.com/2011/06/30/the-java-ip-story/" rel="nofollow">http://dirkriehle.com/2011/06/30/the-java-ip-story/</a>)<p>If you're fine with using a tightly-controlled, patent-littered language environment, then yeah, Java is great! :D