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Advanced Java Virtual Machine implementation offers a significant performance boost for Java technology-based set-top box applications such as Multimedia Home Platform GENEVA, Dec. 7, 2005 -- ...

See, Java is known to be pretty slow, compared to lots of other languages. But it's stable, and reliable, and best of all, it works on any kind of PC there is, from Windows to Mac to Linux.