There are many people, like me, who dislike anything Java: the language, the runtime/SDK, and anything built on top of these. I even refuse to install anything

There are many people, like me, who dislike anything Java: the language, the runtime/SDK, and anything built on top of these. I even refuse to install anything that requires the JRE. Might be an irrational stance, but my early experience of JRE hogging my machine turned off it forever. The CLR is supposed to be open now, but in practice, the ecosystem around it is still basically Microsoft.