I would say that being a success instead of a failure is something new. The JVM was successful but not for plugins, nor for embedded safety. Also the fact that

I would say that being a success instead of a failure is something new. The JVM was successful but not for plugins, nor for embedded safety. Also the fact that many vendors have reached a consensus on both a MVP and an update process to future features looks like a win. If Sun, Microsoft, Apple, and Google had all been on board with the (supposedly free software) JVM the story would have been very different.