If Java was the end all be all, people wouldn't keep trying to create cross-platform UI frameworks. The truth is Java never lived up to it's hype, Flash ate its

If Java was the end all be all, people wouldn't keep trying to create cross-platform UI frameworks. The truth is Java never lived up to it's hype, Flash ate its lunch when it came to browser-launched applications, and given Oracle's licensing and policies towards Java, no IP is truly safe that is built-upon its technology. If your app got popular enough, a greedy Oracle will come after you, i.e. Android.