how relevant is C today?

[Azolex]

Daniel Nogradi wrote:
>> "The Dice" (find tech jobs) has offerings
>> (last 7 days, U.S. + unrestricted) for:
>>    *SQL     14,322
>>    C/C++    11,968
>>    Java     10,143
>>    ...
> 
> Can anyone shed some light on the secret of Java? How is it that they
> are so high on this list?

Sun invented a roundabout strategy to enroll programmers to Java by 
first attracting the attention of the Wall Street Journal with Hotjava, 
and thus the attention of the programmers' management.