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Re:Java was a colossal failure...JavaScript is succeeding be... by mushtar on Monday December 24, 2012 @07:26PM (#4964601)
I think it's doing fine on the web (think enterprise) and mobile (Android). Can't comment on embedded devices, since I'm not too familiar with embedded development.
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Re:Java was a colossal failure...JavaScript is succeeding be... by greyfade on Wednesday December 26, 2012 @03:12AM (#4968600)
I think by "web," he meant Applets. Which was the big thing. Servlets were much less part of their marketing, as I recall.
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