I totally agree that the best case scenario is Play 2 lowering the learning curve and providing a bridge for java devs trying to get up to speed with Scala.

I just think it will be hard to justify play2's use in java-heavy organizations if Java support is a second citizen to Scala.

I loved Play 1.2.x, I think it is the only framework that really provides a way forward for modern java web dev, and I strongly hope Play 2 keeps things moving.