Java technology looks to me like somebody's school project that some other people took entirely too seriously. It may be "pure", but it is not ready for the American business empire.
Except for the "business empire" remark, the exact same thing was said about PASCAL some 23 years ago. How much PASCAL do you see today? Me?... not much!
(Relax, CRC -- your Delphi bears as much resemblance to Jensen/Wirth PASCAL as Visual BASIC resembles Dartmouth BASIC....)