I think I first heard the phrase "Java is the new COBOL" about 3 or 4 years ago.

Ronen says Ruby offers pre-built structures -- say, a shopping cart for an e-commerce site -- that you'd have to code from the ground up using Java.

Fact-checking 101:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22java+shopping+ca...

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22ruby+shopping+cart%22

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22ruby+on+rails+sh...