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To: Nolan Toone who wrote (8516)	3/24/1998 9:26:00 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Sun's Baratz: HP Miffed Over Java Control (03/24/98; 6:02 p.m. EST) By Wylie Wong, Computer Reseller News JavaSoft president Alan Baratz said Hewlett-Packard is choosing to create its own Java Virtual Machine for embedded devices because it was unhappy that Sun will be the primary definer of the Java standard for the next two years. Last Friday, HP executives said the company was opting to create its own JVM because Sun's license fees were too high. But Baratz, speaking at the JavaOne Developer Conference on Tuesday, disputed HP's claims, saying he was willing to give the license to HP for free in exchange for improvements to Java technology. Baratz claims HP didn't like the fact that the International Organization for Standardization last fall voted to give Sun the final say on Java specifications submitted to the standards group. "[HP] suggested a traditional standards process and [wanted] to go through a normal working group and a full consensus-building process," said Baratz, who noted that such a process can lead to tradeoffs and potentially hurt the direction of technology. "A better approach is to have a decision maker." HP officials said they hoped to resolve their differences with Sun. Joe Beyers, general manager of HP's Internet Software business unit, said HP wants to assure that there is a Java standard for embedded systems, and HP hopes to work with Sun to assure that happens. Meanwhile, Sun today made several announcements for the Java embedded market. HP announced Friday it also plans to use its JVM for appliance-class devices, and licensed its JVM to Sun rival Microsoft for use in Windows CE. Sun said it will create a JavaTV API, AutoJava API and Java Phone API for the Personal Java platform. This will allow developers to use Java to develop applications for televisions, cars and phones. Sun also announced it will develop a port of Personal Java to Microsoft's Windows CE platform. Sun released a specification for EmbeddedJava, which will allow pagers, test and measurement equipment, network routers and switches and medical devices to use Java.

To: Nolan Toone who wrote (8516)	3/25/1998 1:35:00 AM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Thanks so much. I will set housemate to doing some detective work about ring. He has been spending too much time writing programs for his USRX Pilot. He does it for fun. If you heard his language, you would not think that writing code was something that one does for a hobby. I think SUNW is pulling a lot of good things together. I just hope MSFT does not ruin JAVA chances. According to housemate, WINDOWS is a piece of s##t. It works well for some people. It does not meet everyone's needs, however. So we feel that it is unfair that the only choice we have for an operating system on our PC is WINDOWS.