>The answer is probably: If you can't beat them, buy them! Smalltalk/X has
>shown how this is working. Integrate Java in your Smalltalk environment
>such that you can do both - using Java where it's necessary and Smalltalk
>for the significant stuff.

Apple/NeXT is doing something similiar with OpenStep/YellowBox.
They created a bridge so objects in both languages(Objective-C and Java)
can talk to objects in the other as if all were in the same language.

So projects can start out using Java for trademag/hype
compliance(so they can feel safe) and then move objects into
Objective-C when they find Java is too slow or limited(so they
can get real work done).

Steve