Java now being served '100% pure.'

Electronic News, Dec 16, 1996

New York--During last week's Internet World in New York, Java continued to demand the spotlight, with Sun's Javasoft unit announcing several new initiatives and Oracle and IBM both unveiling ambitious plans for Java-based business applications. As stated by IBM chairman and CEO Louis Gerstner during the opening keynote, over the last year "Java went from being a hot beverage to one of the hottest technologies igniting this industry... maybe, just maybe, it will usher in a new model of client computing."

At the show, two extensive Sun exhibits demonstrated a host of Java-based applications. Support for the platform continues to grow, with Javasoft president Alan Baratz participating in the unveiling of the "100 Percent Pure Java" program. The program is designed to help Java developers by providing testing and certification for Java applets as well as technical assistance. More than 100 companies have already announced support for the 100% Pure Java program.

Mr. Baratz said, "We believe this initiative, with its widespread industry support, is clear evidence of the momentum of Java as the de facto standard for the development of cross-platform, network-based applications." Mr. Baratz also announced that Sun's hotly anticipated Java Beans Development Kit 1.1 (EN, Dec. 9) will be released in beta this week. It is available at http://java.sun.com/beans.>Meanwhile, Oracle plans to take Java to every level of enterprise computing. "Java... is absolutely going to be a key language going forward," said Oracle VP of server marketing Mark Jarvis. Mr. Jarvis predicted a future where a universal client, which "could be a PC; could be a TV; could be a phone; (it) doesn't matter," will be able to access powerful applications on universal servers, using open standards technologies like Java and HTML. At the show, Oracle unveiled plans to incorporate Java into all its development and decision support tools, including Oracle Developer/2000, Oracle Designer/2000, Oracle Discoverer and Oracle Tools.

Finally, IBM launched several tools for Java developers at Internet World, including its AppletAuthor program for enriching Websites with multimedia Java applets and its NetRexx 0.88 programming language, available in beta. NetRexx 0.88 permits Rexx programmers to generate Java code.

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