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To: E_K_S who wrote (10402)	7/11/1998 6:11:00 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

If they were in trouble, Sun may have got them cheap. JMHO.

To: E_K_S who wrote (10402)	7/14/1998 10:22:00 PM
From: E_K_S	Respond to of 64865

Another deal inked for SUNW...This one is with NEC! Sun Microsystems Inc. (SUNW) (http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2555065307-bf1) NEC CORP said it signed a licensing agreement with SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC for the Java Card IC card programming language to further strengthen its IC card-related semiconductor and system solution businesses. Java Card enables Java-based IC card applications to be written simply and quickly, and for multiple applications to be easily mounted on IC cards, it said. NEC will develop semiconductors and card reader-writer devices for Java Card, a NEC spokesman said. (Reuters 03:02 AM ET 07/14/98) ===================================================================== This should allow the expanded use of the JVM (Java Virtural Machine) with specialized devises. One specific application includes the wallet Java card used for embedded system applications (ie. security access) and banking type transactions. EKS