Sorry to be doubly redundant, but it is amazing how many people, including industry insiders, don’t understand the difference between Java and JavaScript. Here’s the low-down.

Online payment service PayPal says swapping Java for node.js on its servers is allowing it to serve web pages more rapidly and simplifying the creation of server-side software.

On June 30, Netscape Vice President Marc Andreessen made it clear that development of “Javagator” — the company’s much-ballyhooed all-Java version of its flagship Web browse… ...