Sun, Java, Microsoft.  Back to the Future?

This post is here, because the is no other place came to mind.

Can you answer these questions:.
Now the Sun is down, with Java live?
Will Microsoft kill it again?
Once it was SAID Java as to be The Future.
Could that be still true, if it ever was?
So, will computer APPLICATIONS go back to the Future?
What happened to Borland? Delphi?

Please provide your insights.
Much as I dont familiarize myself with programming as much as I should:
If I was assigned a task to make a program that needed to be able to run on all the major platforms (Windows, MACOS 10, Linux/Unix, BSD, whatever) but that needed to be compiled all in one (so, no SEPARATE compilations for each platform), I would go with Java.

Much as most of us cringe when we see "Java Required" (SINCE, it is a pain to get running sometimes), its great cross-platform programming.
I love how you can make a program in Java, and it can be run in so many ways... on any OS that has Java, in the browser, off the desktop, with or without the operating systems GUI API...

Of course, at the moment, Java is evil. I hope "they" improve upon it and make it better. Specifically a faster, smaller installer, and less resource intensive.