There was no .NET in the 90's. It was Java vs. ActiveX vs. Flash. I agree that Java support in browsers was never as good as it could have been. Sun never had d

There was no .NET in the 90's. It was Java vs. ActiveX vs. Flash. I agree that Java support in browsers was never as good as it could have been. Sun never had direct control over a mainstream browser, and the companies that did each had other technologies that they preferred (Microsoft - ActiveX, Netscape - Javascript).