From someone who has been using Java since the first alpha, Java is truly write once run anywhere. Nothing else comes close. You must be mentioning Java 1.1 due to the embedded Java-in-the-browser issue. Browsers only embed Java 1.1 (due to licensing I believe), so if you write something to use Java 1.4 features, it won't run under browsers that support only Java 1.1. That's a version portability issue, not a platform portability issue. Anyway, if you're writing a MUD it won't matter, since Java only runs on the server anyway, and you get to choose your OS/Java version as you wish.
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