Number of web pages running Java: 83,202
(increase in the last 6 months: 247%)

Number of colleges and universities with Java courses: 57

Percentage of enterprise developers using Java at companies with 5,000+ employees: 33%

Number of serious Java Programmers: 200,000
(increase in past 3 months: 100%)

Estimate of books in print on Java: 150 (surpassing C++)

Sources: Gilder Technology Report, 10/96.