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To: Bipin Prasad who wrote (9518)	3/20/1998 12:45:00 PM
From: shane forbes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10836

Another flavor for JAVA - note MSFT agreeing to use HP's JAVA - talk about trying to wreck the original Java bandwagon: Reuters NEW YORK (March 20) - Hewlett-Packard Co. is expected to announce Friday it plans to market its own variant 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.