Sun and Netscape Offer Developer Release of Java Foundation Classes; IBM, Apple Also Make Significant Contributions to Java Foundation Class Development

Business Wire, July 8, 1997

Corel Corporation

"We are pleased to be supporting Sun in the early access release of the Java Foundation Classes," said Dr. Michael Cowpland, president and chief executive officer of Corel Corporation. "The Java Foundation Classes promise to significantly reduce the degree of programming required for our developers by providing many reusable and cross-platform UI components. The JFC are also JavaBeans components so they will be able to take advantage of the benefits JavaBeans have to offer. We are certainly looking forward to supporting the JFC in upcoming ventures."

Contact: Shannon Murray, Media Relations Corel Corporation Email: ShannonM@corel.ca

Oracle Corp.

"Java Foundation Classes are a great step forward for network computing solutions, providing richer user interfaces for thin clients," said Beatriz Infante, senior vice president of Oracle's Application Server Division. "JFC clearly illustrates that Java continues to mature as an open development platform and Oracle will continue to support Java across all tiers of the corporate enterprise."

Contact: Paige O'Neill, Public Relations Oracle Corp. Email: PONEILL@us.oracle.com

Large

"It is with great pleasure that we endorse the Java Foundation Classes," said Marizio Gianola, VP Engineering of @Large. "We see this announcement as a tremendous step forward towards truly cross-platform computing and look forward to releasing @Large Expense, which will support JFC."

Contact: Steven Kishi, Public Relations Phone: 510/596-2051 Email: skishi@largesoft.com

Applix, Inc.

"Applix is dedicated to delivering cross-platform enterprise solutions for the Java platform and supports the efforts of Sun and JavaSoft to deliver an open, extensible and standard suite of Java Foundation Classes (JFC)," said Barry Burke, vice president of product marketing. "We are pleased to be actively working with JavaSoft and our peer ISVs to assure that the JFC truly reflect and support the needs of platform independent applications development and delivery. We expect that a rich, open and ubiquitous standard will serve to accelerate the growth of the Java-based, thin-client- computing market that we target and serve."

Contact: Jillian Harvey-Asquith 508/870-0300 x. 261 Email: jha@applix.com

Leah Goldman/Lisa Melsted Neva Group 617/441-4000 x. 222/245 lgoldman@neva.com / lmelsted@neva.com

Borland International

"Borland, working with JavaSoft, has made important contributions to making Java, JavaBeans, and the most robust x-platform development solution. Jbuilder (TM) delivers on the promise of develop once and deploy anywhere, with pure Java code and full support for Java Beans and JFC," said Rick LeFevre, Chief Technology Officer, Borland International.

Contact: Steve Curry, Public Relations Phone: 408-431-4863 Email: scurry@corp.borland.com

Digerati Corporation

"JFC is a major step in making Java the platform of choice for the growing intranets/enterprise development community," said Arun Rao of Digerati Corporation. "We look forward to supporting JFC in future releases of our superMail! and Discussor products"