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Technology Stocks : TAVA Technologies (TAVA-NASDAQ)

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To: John Mansfield who wrote (12984)3/29/1998 9:36:00 AM
From: John Mansfield  Read Replies (1) of 31646
 
'HP has created its own Java variant for noncomputer devices such as printers.'

MSFT / SUNW war: another battle won by MSFT. IMO significant for the MSFT/WNDR alliance on the factory floor is the following:

'HP has created its own Java variant for noncomputer devices such as printers.'

John
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COMMENTARY: JAVA CAN BE A CONTENDER--IF SUN LETS IT

Ever since Sun Microsystems Inc. invented Java, a computer language for
creating programs that run on computer networks, Chief Executive Scott G.
McNealy has boasted that it would roast Microsoft Corp. Now, it's Java
that's getting roasted--and not just by the software giant. On Mar. 20, Java
partner Hewlett-Packard Co. broke ranks. Accusing Sun of keeping too tight
a rein on developing new versions of Java, HP has created its own Java
variant for noncomputer devices such as printers.


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