Apple - no Flash, and now no Java?

[Czar]

Dropping Flash was one thing, but now Java, too? Supposedly, Apple has started its trek towards a Java-free environment... http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20020338-260.html?tag=mncol;txt
Really? Ok Jobs, you do it, feed it to your zealots, and they will follow. *sigh*

Although that article preceeds the following, I can't help but wonder how much of it had to do with the Boonana trojan horse that infects OS X (and Windows) through Java applets:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20020892-263.html?tag=mncol;1n

Coincidence? hmmmm