Java now has a commanding position in development of server side applications, but developers who wished to deploy client side Java software feared Microsoft being banned from Java would effectively destroy the usability of Java on the Windows platform. These fears are now laid to rest. It can be loaded and used through corporate firewalls. Applications can run within a Web browser, or can run completely independent of a browser. It checks version and downloads updated applications when available.
Performance is much improved.
Microsoft can't cripple or corrupt this Java or prevent it from running. Downloadable , free and without charge. This is very good news indeed for corporate developers anxious to break free of the high cost of the Windows environment. Web based applications are the wave of the future, even on the local network. They now face the considerable job of convincing programmers to use it instead of the heavily entrenched Java.