Joe, EKS, and Paul - Re: Java - Thanks for your inputs. In my opinion, the time Novell has taken to develop Java products seems reasonable when viewed in the light of Sun's development history of Java.
SUN
JAVA: THE YEAR IN REVIEW
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JAVA - SUMMARY OF THE YEAR IN REVIEW 1995-1996
javasoft.com
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NOVELL
March 18, 1996
Novell Completes Agreement with Sun Microsystems -- Java Platform to be integrated with World's Leading Network Operating System
BRAINSHARE '96, Salt Lake City, Utah -- March 18, 1996 -- Novell, Inc. today announced it has finalized an agreement with Sun Microsystems, Inc. to license its Java platform for use with NetWare, the industry-leading network operating system serving over 50 million users. As part of the agreement, Novell is authorized to offer its developers and customers access to the complete Java platform, including the core power of Java -- the Java Virtual Machine.
novell.com
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May 29, 1996
Novell Announces the NetWare Software Development Kit for the Java Platform
Developers Can Easily Build and Deploy Applications Written in Java on NetWare
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- May 29, 1996 -- At the JavaOne Development conference today, Novell, Inc. announced the NetWarer Software Development Kit for the Java Platform, a software development kit that enables developers to create Java applications and execute them on NetWare, the world's leading network operating system. This announcement follows Novell's licensing of the Java technology from Sun Microsystems Inc -- announced in March at BrainShare, Novell's annual technical developer conference. The NetWare Software Development Kit for the Java Platform will enable developers to build a new class of network-aware applications that will make NetWare the premier platform for intranet applications. Java logic can now be distributed to the server, leveraging the efficiency and power of existing networks while increasing application performance. Novell also announced that it is working with JavaSoft on proposals to expand the Java class libraries to include such services as naming, directory and other networking capabilities.
novell.com
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September 17, 1996
Novell Delivers On Net2000 Vision to Support Internet/Intranet Application Development
Novell Releases Alpha IntranetWare SDK for Java and Other Technology Enhancements to Developers
NetWorld+Interop, ATLANTA -- September 17, 1996 -- Novell, Inc. today announced it will deliver the alpha version of the Java Virtual Machine (VM) as part of the Novellr Early Access CD to be released at Networld+Interop. Ported as NetWare Loadable Modules (NLMs), the Java VM provides a full execution environment for Java applications on IntranetWare. As announced at JavaOne in May, Novell will ship the full release Java VM with the IntranetWare SDK for the Java Platform in late Fall at the DeveloperNet '97 Conference. The Java VM represents the next major step in fulfilling Novell's developer initiative, code-named Net2000, and demonstrating the company's follow-through on commitments to provide developers with a well-supported and profitable development environment.
novell.com
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November 13, 1996
Novell, Sun Form Strategic Alliance to Broaden Java's Reach and Capabilities to Developers
Business Intranet Alliance Focuses on Novell Directory Services for Solaris; Sun's Java WorkShop, Just-in-Time Compiler, WebNFS for IntranetWare
OREM, UT & MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- November 13, 1996 -- Novell, Inc. and Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced a strategic alliance to broaden the reach and capabilities of Sun's Java technologies to developers creating Java applications for business intranets. Novell will license Sun's Java WorkShop development environment, other Java technologies and WebNFS for use with its IntranetWare platform, while Sun will license Novell Directory Services (NDS) and make it available on its Solaris operating environment.
novell.com
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December 9, 1996
Novell Delivers Java for IntranetWare
Novell Opens IntranetWare Platform to All Java Developers With Availability of IntranetWare SDK for Java and Other Java Interfaces
Internet World, NEW YORK December 9, 1996 Novell, Inc. today announced it will ship the IntranetWare Software Development Kit (SDK) for Java on December 30 of this year, enabling developers to build and execute Java applications on the high-performance IntranetWare and NetWarer 4.1x platforms. Novell is also partnering with Sun Microsystems to develop open application programming interfaces (APIs) to network services such as global directory services. These development technologies are the first results of Novell's broad alliance with Sun to facilitate the creation and execution of directory-enabled Java applications on any platform, extending the reach of Java's "write once, run anywhere" capability.
novell.com
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December 9, 1996, Novell announces availability of IntranetWare SDK for Java. This includes the JVM, JDK1.02. JIT Compiler. JNI, JDI, and JNSI will be available in Jan of this year.
developer.novell.com
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Comments, anyone?
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