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Arevos · Mar 10th, 2006, 7:48 AM

In summary, and in order of importance (at least IMO):

1. Free
2. Crossplatform
3. Backed by a large corporation
4. It was very similar to the already well known C++, but with automatic garbage collection and fewer "quirks"
5. Large standard library
6. A number of standards (JDBC, JMS, J2EE etc.) that allow for good interoperability between libraries
7. Fast virtual machine (well, at least the latest ones are; the first versions of Java were a little sluggish)
8. Good threading support

I can only think of one way the Internet helped Java's adoption, and that's simple that distributing a free programming language is far easier online. I don't think anyone can claim that Java applets were exactly much of a success

Mar 10th, 2006, 7:48 AM	#4
Arevos Programming Guru Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: England Posts: 1,499 Rep Power: 5	In summary, and in order of importance (at least IMO): 1. Free 2. Crossplatform 3. Backed by a large corporation 4. It was very similar to the already well known C++, but with automatic garbage collection and fewer "quirks" 5. Large standard library 6. A number of standards (JDBC, JMS, J2EE etc.) that allow for good interoperability between libraries 7. Fast virtual machine (well, at least the latest ones are; the first versions of Java were a little sluggish) 8. Good threading support I can only think of one way the Internet helped Java's adoption, and that's simple that distributing a free programming language is far easier online. I don't think anyone can claim that Java applets were exactly much of a success