| The title is still ultra link-bait. Both Java applets and Java desktop apps are completely irrelevant to Java on the server-side. A case could be made that Java is also an amazing success in countless devices, from Java smartcards to smartphones / tablets (with, for example, use Java source code compiled to bytecode run on something looking very much like a JVM on Android devices). Java is an amazing success and neither Java applets nor Java desktop have anything to do with it: on the contrary, these two Java technologies hardly did anything besides giving the Java brand bad reputation. Both Java applets and Java desktop apps could disappear overnight and the millions (!) of Java devs out there would still have a job. Granted, they'd still need one Java desktop app: the IDE they're using to develop Java apps). Note that I'm not saying that Oracle is playing nice when, apparently, they're using spammy techniques when you install desktop Java... All I'm saying is: "Java applets + Java desktop apps" != Java |