If you drove a Microsoft car, you'd be driving around looking for a Microsoft gas station. If you drove an Apple car, you'd look for an Apple gas station. Fortunately for us, the computer industry doesn't make cars. We can use the same gas in any kind of car. With Java, you can write an application one time and it will run with any OS on any microprocessor.
Programs have no access to local system resources.
No viruses can corrupt your local memory or your local file system. These core values that make Java such a useful programming tool are what's driving its momentum. JavaSoft's numbers underscore Gilder's. During his keynote, Baratz will announce 'Enterprise JavaBeans TM ,' which consists of new APIs and libraries for the JDK designed explicitly to simplify the task of building server-side applications in the enterprise. They're able to write their business logic as collections of small components or 'Java Beans,' which all can be easily linked together and work well together.