Java application usually take quite long to load (but not that long, I mean who else remembers the times when you could get a cup of coffee while MS Word was starting...).

And once running, Java is even faster than unoptimized c++ code.

ASP and VB application don't run faster than Java, but they are using windows libs, that are loaded when starting windows, so they will start up much quicker.

Not to mention that you can't write big projects in ASP or VB.