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How is Java a failure?

• Ygg2 14y ago
  To be a devil's advocate. Java is a failure because it never attained dominance in the niche it was trying to fill (web, mobile, embedded devices). This is of course disregarding Dalvik and numerous Java network libraries (like Netty).
  • mushtar 14y ago
    I think it's doing fine on the web (think enterprise) and mobile (Android). Can't comment on embedded devices, since I'm not too familiar with embedded development.
    • greyfade 14y ago
      I think by "web," he meant Applets. Which was the big thing. Servlets were much less part of their marketing, as I recall.