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To: Snowshoe who wrote (2932)	3/25/1998 9:02:00 AM
From: Richard Knox	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10309

HP internal newsgram regarding recent JAVA developments: DOUBLE JAVA. Late last week, a pair of Hewlett-Packard organizations revealed plans to incorporate the Java programming language into two areas: embedded systems that will be used in handheld devices, instruments, printers and other electronic products; and enterprise servers that are used by corporate and other customers. In the first area, the Internet Java Organization -- part of the Internet Software Business Unit -- has developed its own version of the Java virtual machine for embedded systems. (A Java virtual machine is software that converts Java code into a language that a computer or other device can act upon.) HP plans to license this embedded virtual-machine technology to select companies and Microsoft already has signed on as the first licensee. Microsoft intends to use the technology with its Windows CE operating system and other products. HP will work with application providers, embedded-device manufacturers and independent software vendors to create open, universally accepted specifications for the use of Java language in embedded systems. The specifications will be freely available to companies that wish to use them. In the second area, the Enterprise Systems Group (ESG) plans to tune its Java products to ensure the enterprise-class performance and scalability that are required in mainstream information- technology environments. ESG will use core Java code from Sun Microsystems' JavaSoft division and offer 100-percent adherence to the Java virtual-machine specifications. ESG also will offer a Java virtual machine on IA-64, the 64-bit architecture co-developed by HP and Intel Corp.