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To: BillyG who wrote (37592)	12/8/1998 8:56:00 AM
From: J Fieb	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

I'm working on java today since it may have a role in set tops and digital tv and since there will be a lot of JAVA news this wk. Noting that separate Java APIs for the DVB and ATSC would not make sense, Tribble indicated that Sun is trying to get them together, and "hopefully" the company will have them on its side when Sun's new Java policies are announced. IBM alone has thousands working on JAVA... techweb.com IBM opens its campaign today with a Java Strategy Day. The company will announce the delivery of and improvements on a number of products that support its goal to tie Java to its e-business market thrust. Leadership in e-commerce has been a particular goal of Lou Gerstner, IBM's chief executive. Products such as VisualAge for Java and WebSphere will take center stage this week as IBM trots out about 20 business partners, including developers, VARs and end users that have created applications based on IBM's Java tools. Among the partners that will be showing their wares at IBM's events and at its booth will be Qualcomm Inc. Can Sun walk the line....... techweb.com Good news for Canal+/DVB? The company also is expected to open up the Java standards process. Sun executives, including Java Software president Alan Baratz, have hinted at more flexible licensing policies, a process to encourage more third-party submissions and oversight of key new Java technologies, and perhaps some form of an open-source distribution. AOL TV.......CUBE/DIVI are you talking to these guys? washingtonpost.com AOL is "in active development" of AOL TV, which would enable a user to display AOL and Internet content on a television screen, but has not set a launch date, said Barry Schuler, president of AOL's interactive services division. AOL TV will utilize a set-top box similar to that sold by Web TV, a Microsoft Corp.-owned company that provides access to the Internet through televisions. The company has begun talks with manufacturers to make its box, Schuler said, declining to identify them. SUN lifts curtain on JAVA 2... Sounds promising... Sun said it is opening up its software code to enable noncomputer industries, like automobile manufacturing and television, the ability to create Java applications. "One of the main reasons we did it was to allow a broader base of companies outside the computer industry to get the code to evolve for their industries," Baratz said. wired.com