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It certainly did at the time that Java was released, which was the context I was commenting in (ie. "needed", not "needs") - the original HotJava browser (1994)
by nineteen999 8y ago
It certainly did at the time that Java was released, which was the context I was commenting in (ie. "needed", not "needs") - the original HotJava browser (1994) or Netscape 2.x (1995) with builtin Java applet support, before it was later moved to a plugin.
JavaOS wasn't released until later (1996). And Wikipedia classifies it as an "operating system with a Java virtual machine as a fundamental component". The clue is in the name.