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Flash isn't popular because of its runtime speed. The startup speed is most important. The flash player starts instantly something that java can't do.

Actually, there's a few Java VMs that are made to start nearly instantly or have an option for a quick startup.

For example, [1] shows that the IBM J9 VM has a -Xquickstart option.

[1] http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v5r0/index....

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