Java tried, but failed. Personally I think it's fair to say Java didn't try hard enough. It never took sandboxing of untrusted code very seriously (compared to

Java tried, but failed. Personally I think it's fair to say Java didn't try hard enough. It never took sandboxing of untrusted code very seriously (compared to, say, modern web browsers). It also made things awkward for the user, expecting them to install and maintain a JVM rather than hiding that away and delivering a native experience.