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To: Ronald Paul who wrote (3180)	5/13/1998 12:07:00 PM
From: g_m10	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10309

HP's embedded virtual machine, with its small footprint, soft real-time features* and custom configurability, ...* "Soft real-time features" of HP's JVM brought into hard real-time OS will, probably, reduce it to a soft real-time OS. Could it be the reason why WRS is hesitant to licence HP's JVM?

To: Ronald Paul who wrote (3180)	5/13/1998 6:13:00 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10309

>>Maybe cracks are forming in HWP's cozy relationship with WIND on the embedded virtual machine front.<< License negotiations are underway, and WIND may be in a better position than the other RTOS vendors because HP's JVM already runs on VxWorks... HP snags Java supporters news.com While Intel and Wind River have not signed licensing deals, the endorsement means that the companies are interested in the technology and that negotiations are underway. "There are different time frames," he said. In addition, HP is negotiating with a number of manufacturers who use proprietary versions of RTOSes. Hewlett-Packard announces four more Java licensees pubs.cmpnet.com Under the new licenses, the four RTOS vendors will port HP's JVM to their respective offerings: Integrated Systems' pSOSystem, Lynx's LynxOS, Microware's OS-9 and QNX's QNX OS. HP's embedded JVM currently runs on top of the VxWorks real-time operating system from Wind River.