Java is an important language in the World
The Java language has several good design features
- secure, safe (wrt bugs), object-oriented, familiar (to C C++ and even Fortran programmers)
Java has a very good set of libraries covering everything from commerce, multimedia, images to math functions (see http://math.nist.gov/javanumerics)
Java has best available electronic and paper training and support resources, growing labor force trained in Java.
Java is rapidly getting best integrated program development environments.
Java naturally integrated with network and universal machine supports powerful “write once-run anywhere” model.