When you mean business and you want Java, talk to Thomas. Co-Founder of Neopets, one of the leading online role playing environments for children, he is the embodiment of a "community-based environment" programmer, with a special gift for children's entertainment.

And if it's business applications for which you are looking, you have still come to the right spot. In a mouthful, Thomas has designed client-side applets to interface with server-side applications which draw from Oracle servers in order to serve up technologically advanced ad banners. Phew!