>Does anyone here have experience of displaying streaming data on the web?
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>A consultant working with me has said that our only option is to use Java to do the streaming.
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>Essentially what we need is a means of displaying financial quotes over the web, with things like indicative colours if numbers go up or down etc.
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>Any pointers would be most useful. I find it hard to believe that the only option is Java...

I don't see why you wouldn't be able to achieve that with other technology.