As someone who was programming at this time, and before, I agree with all these and the child comments. Java being OO but a "simpler C++" plus having garbage co

As someone who was programming at this time, and before, I agree with all these and the child comments. Java being OO but a "simpler C++" plus having garbage collection generated a lot of interest, even in places that were all Windows shops. Late 90's I worked at a place that sold software to customers that had to run on Windows, Linux, AIX, Solaris and HP-UX. Java went a long way of saving us from the #ifdef nightmares.