Addi and all,
1.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, April 1 (Reuter) - Netscape
Communications Corp said on Tuesday it was releasing an early
test version of a visual programming tool customers can use to
write applications for communicating using Internet technology
without having to write software code.
The Netscape Visual JavaScript software, which was
previously called Palomar, lets developers at large
organisations develop a new category of "crossware" applications
that enables developers to use a pointing device such as a mouse
to "drag and drop" in key components.
The modular software framework, increasingly popular in the
development community because it enables the broad re-use of
software coding, supports software components written in Java,
JavaScript and HTML.
Java is a computer language developed by Sun Microsystems
Inc that enables software based on it to run across a
variety of computer platforms that would otherwise be
incompatible.
JavaScript is a scripting language based on Java, and HTML
stands for Hypertext Markup Language, the basic software
structure used in setting up Web pages.
2.
Monday March 31 7:12 PM EST
Sun broadens Java, aims to fend off Microsoft
By Samuel Perry
PALO ALTO, Calif., March 31 (Reuter) - Sun Microsystems Inc said Monday
it will move to build on the momentum behind its Java computer
programming language despite overtures by Microsoft Corp to co-opt Sun's
initiative.
The president of Sun's JavaSoft unit, Alan Baratz, said the company will
unveil several new initiatives at the second annual JavaOne software
developers' conference in San Francisco later this week.
At the same time, some developers were buzzing with expectation that
Microsoft on Wednesday may spell out its own plans for Java, including
some which may not sit well with other Java licensees.
As the dominant supplier of operating systems for personal computers,
Microsoft is among the more critical licensees of Java, which promises to
operate across otherwise incompatible computing systems.
Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Bill Gates is due to address a software
developers conference in one hall of San Francisco's Moscone Center the
same day JavaSoft unveils its latest initiatives in another part of the same
convention center.
Microsoft would not comment Monday on its plans, but the showdown follows
a months-long tug of war between the Redmond, Wash.-based software
giant and Sun's JavaSoft unit
3.
ADVISORY/San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown
proclaims March 31 - April 6 "Java Week"
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Sun Microsystems Inc. announced today that San Francisco Mayor Willie
Brown has issued a proclamation making March 31 - April 6, 1997 "Java
Week."
Sun will be holding their JavaOne conference, the second annual worldwide
Java developers' conference, at Moscone Center April 2 - 4. With exhibits by
300 companies and 85 in-depth technical sessions, JavaOne is the only
place to get all the latest Java industry news.
Registration is free for media. Proclamation follows. Proclamation City and
County of San Francisco
WHEREAS, Java is the fundamental platform for software development
whose "write once, run everywhere" capability will level the playing field and
spur competition, creating innovation and choice for all people; and
WHEREAS, Java is an essential technology for Internet developers with the
ability to reduce development time and associated costs, fulfilling the
promise of linking disparate computing environments everywhere; and
WHEREAS, it is important to celebrate the role of Java and the contributions
made by dedicated individuals to preserve the purity of the platform that is
defining our interactive information architecture; and
WHEREAS, "Pure Opportunity" is the theme for JavaOne 1997, San
Francisco is proud to join JavaSoft in celebrating the common protocols and
file formats and those committed to preserving the purity of Java; now
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Willie L. Brown, Jr. Mayor of the City
and County of San Francisco, in honor of the culminating 1000 days before
the dawn of the millennium, do hereby proclaim March 31-April 6, 1997 as ...
JAVA WEEK
in San Francisco!
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal
of the City and County of San Francisco to be affixed.
Willie Lewis Brown, Jr. Mayor
CONTACT: Burson-Marsteller for Sun Microsystems Inc.
Jane Rauckhorst, 415/463-4015
jane_rauckhorst@bm.com
regards,
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