Because despite years of trying to shove it in people's faces, nobody genuinely liked using it. Then again, they never fixed the absolutely abysmal start up tim

Because despite years of trying to shove it in people's faces, nobody genuinely liked using it. Then again, they never fixed the absolutely abysmal start up times. Through Java Applets, Sun associated the Java logo with "my browser freezes for 10+ seconds". How nobody thought that was a colossal problem, I still don't understand.