Microsoft and Java, how will this affect my virtual world?

Thanks to my new enemy, Vista, I really can not play any games now. This all started with Gametap, I signed up for an account so that I could play Myst online…come to find out Vista and my drivers SHOULD work with Gametap, but they don’t. After a very sad experience there, I decide to come back to old Yahoo and play some games…and another rude awakening-Jave has been banished from the world of Microsoft thus completely diminishing any hopes I have of playing games online anytime soon.

I know I can download Java from somewhere else, but honestly Microsoft has pounded it into my head that Java is evil, so chalk it up to ignorance, but I am convinced something really bad will happen if I disobey. I find it hard to believe that Microsoft will lose this battle. How is it that Java will not become obsolete, and places like yahoo won’t have to switch platforms for their games and other things? I know there are plenty of people like me out there w/ the same concerns. I need advice