I agree on all counts, but have to say that Java Webstart was cool, it was a pretty neat way of installing and running applications directly from the web. Maybe

I agree on all counts, but have to say that Java Webstart was cool, it was a pretty neat way of installing and running applications directly from the web. Maybe not very secure, though. One problem I see with Google's ecosystem is that they've betted on the wrong horse - Java is a pain in the ass and Android's Java foundations are its second largest weakness. (The first one being the Google-Vendor relationship that makes all but the very latest Android devices unpatched and 100% insecure.)