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I think Java's strength will be in developing applications, not applets.  
They will get the browser problem solved, but until bandwidth 
dramatically increases and is extremely cheap, or until 98% of the class 
files you need to run your app come with the client side OS, any 
application of substance won't be running in a browser.

My view is that Java's natural place is in writing components, and 
processes for the middle tier.  Windows client services are probably best 
written in VB or Delphi at this point.  And since Windows currently has 
85% (and growing) of the client market, why fight it?  Perhaps for non-PC 
devices Java could be used compete well for client services, but today it 
is just too damn much of a headache (comparatively) to get a great 
looking Windows client written in Java, to run well on Windows platforms.

Now in a year, perhaps this will no longer be the case.  But today, I 
still get more frustrated over Java Windows Client coding than any other 
Java coding that I do.