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was that rockwell or hewlett packard? i saw where hwp cloning its own jvm for the embedded market. bob
Hewlett-Packard reportedly will offer its own Java
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Copyright c 1998 Reuters News Service
NEW YORK (March 20, 1998 09:01 a.m. EST nando.net) -
Hewlett-Packard Co. is expected to announce Friday it plans to market
its own variation of Java software, breaking with Sun Microsystems Inc.
and opening a rift in an industry alliance against Microsoft Corp., the
Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
The Journal reported in its electronic edition that Hewlett-Packard has
developed its own specifications and software for running Java programs
on a range of electronic devices, including its computer printers.
Hewlett-Packard now plans to compete with Sun, the creator of Java, by
seeking customers for its technology, the paper said. It already has
signed up Microsoft, the Journal said.
Microsoft has agreed to use Hewlett-Packard's Java version with its
Windows CE operating system, the paper said.
The moves are a blow to Sun's bid to control the evolution of Java and
come just days before a Sun-sponsored conference in San Francisco that
is expected to draw more than 10,000 Java software programmers, the
Journal said.
Hewlett-Packard opted to act independently after getting fed up with
what the company viewed as excessive licensing fees Sun is seeking for a
consumer-electronics version of Java, the paper said. |
