NEWS :Open letter from rivals ( intel, msft, compaq,digital) to SUN. They are asking SUN to release control of JAVA.
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Intel, others ask Sun to cede control of Java
Reuters, Thursday, September 11, 1997 at 12:25
PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept 11 (Reuter) - Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC),
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT), Digital Equipment Corp (NYSE:DEC) and
Compaq Computer Corp (NYSE:CPQ) asked Sun Microsystems Inc
(NASDAQ:SUNW) Thursday to cede control of the Java computer
programming language to an international standard-setting
organization.
In an open letter to Sun executives, the four companies
said they were concerned that Sun had too much control over a
language that is quickly becoming one of the foundations of the
Internet.
"We think Java is important for industry and our
customers," said Tom Waldrop, a spokesman at Intel. "To us it's
important for the development of the Internet, that Java remain
an open standard."
The companies said Sun, the inventor of Java, should turn
over ownership of the language to the International Standards
Organization, an international forum that regulates technical
standards and measures.
The companies also said the Java name should be free to all
interested parties.
Java is a computer language with which programmers write
software. The allure of software written in Java is that a
single version of a program can run on many types of computers
without the programmer having to modify it for different
systems.
Sun, based in Santa Clara, Calif., has been pitching Java
as the universal language of the Internet, the global computer
network. But Intel, Microsoft, Compaq and Digital Equipment are
contending that Java cannot evolve and become a universal
language if Sun dictates its direction.
Sun executives could not be reached immediately for
comment.
Copyright 1997, Reuters News Service
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What these guys are thinking? I tell them go get your own innovation, if any.
IMO, not on my dead body. They should just follow whatever SUN wants,
They should accept SUN's initiatives to make it standard with full control.
What do you think about their intentions (if not having any cynical agenda)?
JAVA belongs to SUN and hope to stay that way. SUN should use JAVA for their own future.
regards,
k2 |
