I'm working on java today since it may have a role in set tops and digital tv and since there will be a lot of JAVA news this wk.
Noting that separate Java APIs for the DVB and ATSC would
not make sense, Tribble indicated that Sun is trying to get them together, and
"hopefully" the company will have them on its side when Sun's new Java
policies are announced.
IBM alone has thousands working on JAVA...
techweb.com
IBM opens its campaign today with a Java Strategy Day. The company will
announce the delivery of and improvements on a number of products that
support its goal to tie Java to its e-business market thrust. Leadership in
e-commerce has been a particular goal of Lou Gerstner, IBM's chief
executive. Products such as VisualAge for Java and WebSphere will take
center stage this week as IBM trots out about 20 business partners, including
developers, VARs and end users that have created applications based on
IBM's Java tools. Among the partners that will be showing their wares at
IBM's events and at its booth will be Qualcomm Inc.
Can Sun walk the line.......
techweb.com
Good news for Canal+/DVB?
The company also is expected to open up the Java standards process. Sun
executives, including Java Software president Alan Baratz, have hinted at
more flexible licensing policies, a process to encourage more third-party
submissions and oversight of key new Java technologies, and perhaps some
form of an open-source distribution.
AOL TV.......CUBE/DIVI are you talking to these guys?
washingtonpost.com
AOL is "in active development" of AOL TV, which would enable a user
to display AOL and Internet content on a television screen, but has not set
a launch date, said Barry Schuler, president of AOL's interactive services
division. AOL TV will utilize a set-top box similar to that sold by Web
TV, a Microsoft Corp.-owned company that provides access to the
Internet through televisions. The company has begun talks with
manufacturers to make its box, Schuler said, declining to identify them.
SUN lifts curtain on JAVA 2... Sounds promising...
Sun said it is opening up its software
code to enable noncomputer industries,
like automobile manufacturing and
television, the ability to create Java
applications.
"One of the main reasons we did it was to
allow a broader base of companies
outside the computer industry to get the
code to evolve for their industries,"
Baratz said.
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