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To: cfimx who wrote (62656)	1/20/2005 8:36:09 PM
From: rkral	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

room222, with all that smoke aren't you afraid your male donkey will get cancer? :-) Ron

To: cfimx who wrote (62656)	1/20/2005 10:35:02 PM
From: E_K_S	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Is this the tradeable event you were looking for? Sun announces Java RFID product, architectures (http://www.computerworld.com/developmenttopics/development/java/story/0,10801,99072,00.html) From the article:"... JANUARY 20, 2005 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Sun Microsystems Inc. on Monday announced a Java-based product designed to make it easy for suppliers to switch from tagging their products with traditional bar codes to radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. Sun, which announced its Java RFID software in July, unveiled its Sun Java System RFID Tag and Ship product, an entry-level RFID product aimed at suppliers looking to switch to RFID tagging to comply with RFID mandates from retailers including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp. and the U.S. Department of Defense. ..." =========================================================== Sunw also has some announcement with their Jini technology but I do not believe it has traction yet.... (http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3462191) From the article:"...The Jini Factor An open sourced Solaris is just one piece of Sun's disruptive master plan. On discussion boards circulating at Opensource.org and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), Sun's Jini curator Bob Scheifler said Sun is looking for an existing, commonly used and accepted open source license to use for a re-licensing effort for Jini — both specifications and code base. Currently, Jini is licensed under Sun's Community Source License (SCSL). Other Sun software licensed under SCSL include J2EE and J2ME, two Sun products the company has been reportedly reviewing for optimal conditions to submit to the open source community. A Sun spokeswoman confirmed the e-mail and said Sun and other Jini community members expect to reach a decision and, if appropriate, move forward with an open source licensing transition in the coming months. Jini helps create distributed computing systems, allowing users to access the power and features of any device on the network. It would free the desktop computer from holding all the memory, storage, and processing power it needs for any job. For example, if a disk drive on a network had Jini capabilities, any computer on that network could use the drive as though it were its own. Because Jini has the potential to make operating systems incidental to the power of networks, some have seen Jini as an attempt to reduce the influence of Windows. ..."