Java has a bad reputation at my company because everyone's desktop is a Sun Ultra5, so practially any java application runs like mud. Forget trying to use SunOne Studio or any
IDE. People see it and recoil.
Linux, I don't know about, since I don't use. Since it's always touted as being fast and streamlined, maybe it runs well on a PC. Maybe sometime I'll revist Linux. I used it in college, but found it ridiculous to have to compile a program before installing it, and most of the window managers were buggy.
I have a P2 500MHz PC at work running Win2000. I wouldn't say by a long shot it is the most stable system around, but it can run java applications which I roughlyt estimate as being 10 times faster than any Sun workstation we have.
[ July 17, 2003: Message edited by: Brian Joseph ]