I'd disagree on the "faith in the power of Moore’s law" part. It was closer to faith in Sun. There were big performance jumps each version from Java 1.3 to 1.6.

I'd disagree on the "faith in the power of Moore’s law" part. It was closer to faith in Sun. There were big performance jumps each version from Java 1.3 to 1.6. Some apps became suddenly not terrible.