Got a few examples to bring up? Because I'm not seeing how Java suffered. If anything, Oracle is a bigger threat to Java than MS.
- old IE installs
- PDF printing functionality not included in older versions of Office and Windows
More experienced people/sysadmins can probably bring out lot more issues. And I totally agree with you that Java didn't suffer in the end, but how many lawyer hours were spent on stuff that shouldn't have been an issue in the first place?