Yea it did, and its important when making comparisons to not glaze over it. Java with the, write once and run anywhere mantra due to the JVM was a huge deal. Gr

Yea it did, and its important when making comparisons to not glaze over it. Java with the, write once and run anywhere mantra due to the JVM was a huge deal. Granted, in some ways it didn't pan out as well as advertised (embedded Java), but for an enterprise desktop application, it was definitely a huge win for the time.