>Java didn't kill the desktop. The web - Javascript - has put a huge dent in it Nah, I disagree. Mobile killed the desktop, 85% of that is Android, and most An

>Java didn't kill the desktop. The web - Javascript - has put a huge dent in it Nah, I disagree. Mobile killed the desktop, 85% of that is Android, and most Android apps are written in Java. So yeah, Java did eventually "kill" the desktop. But I would point out it was mostly low cost, battery powered, untethered mobile, not the Java language or runtime. What Java solved was a chicken/egg problem where there are no developers because there's no market because there's no developers... The web never killed the desktop. There are no high end games on the web. There are no native features on the web. The web provided forms and ssl; an e-commerce platform. That's it. Everything outside of e-commerce on the web is ad supported which leads back to e-commerce. All roads lead to Rome. That sums up the total contribution of the web on humanity as a whole IMO. Yes, you can list off small exceptions, but most people using the web are participating in e-commerce at some level.