The No Decaf Juice on Java

If you ask Sun Microsystems, the Java platform is a fundamentally new way of computing, based on the power of networks and the idea that the same software should run on many different kinds of computers, consumer gadgets and other devices.

Whatever the perspective, one thing remains constant: Java, as a platform, is the most hyped development that has come along in years. Problem is, there continues to be so much hype about Java and its rapidly introduced and, arguably, incompatible versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, that Java can't possibly deliver what the hype promises.