flash and pdf both now are owned by adobe. If I'm not much mistaken Section 508 compliance requires that java may not be used in any user-visible fashion on web sites but may be used for house-cleaning chores behind the scenes. As I understand it, java is just too immature to be on the Internet at all. From a security perspective it offers way too many opportunities to the kind of people that otherwise trash perfectly reasonable neighborhoods and java can't adequately defend itself.
