JSF/Ajax adoption in the industry

All,
We have been using JSF/Ajax since last couple of years. What I wanted to find out from the user community in this group is ,
- how is JSF, Ajax combination being adopted in the industry?
- What do experts see as the growth for JSF?
- Are organizations spending time/money in training their in-house resources?
Regards,
Praveen

EJP wrote:
I will answer the last of those questions. The last time I saw any organization training its in-house resources in anything to do with IT was fifteen years ago.I've had some training, but indeed nothing IT related, usually in the soft skills. And why not; most IT related things you may want to learn require nothing more than a good book, patience and applying some thought.
I'm waiting for the offer to learn how to say NO! without hurting feelings ;)

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