Java related stocks have a great potential

[Peter Jin]

Java related stocks (SUNW/NASDAQ, MWK/TORONTO&Montreal) will increase
sharply again. Read the following article to get the details.

[Peter Jin]

Peter Jin wrote:
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> Java related stocks (SUNW/NASDAQ, MWK/TORONTO&Montreal) will increase
> sharply again. Read the following article to get the details.
>

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> OS vendors will make Java standard
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> [picture] By Nick Wingfield
> April 22, 1996, 3 p.m. PST
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> Microsoft and other OS vendors will announce by the end of
> the month plans to embed Java directly into their operating
> systems, a decision that will open the market for Java
> applets to all applications, not just Web browsers.
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> At Internet World in San Jose next week, Sun Microsystems
> will make a concerted push, along with Microsoft, IBM, and
> other companies, to make Java a standard feature of desktop
> operating systems.
>
> IBM officials confirmed that the company will participate in
> Sun's new initiative, which is consistent with its strategy
> to use Java in several of its software offerings, including
> OS/2 and Notes. Microsoft officials would not comment, but
> Sun officials confirmed that the Redmond, Washington,
> software giant is involved. Novell last month already
> unveiled plans to make Java part of its NetWare operating
> system.
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> Until now, Microsoft's publicly stated plan was to support
> Java in the next version of its Internet Explorer browser
> and then bundle the browser into Windows 95. In contrast, a
> Java engine embedded directly into Windows will allow a
> broad range of applications, including word processors,
> spreadsheets, and databases, to run Java applets, which are
> accessible over the Internet.
>
> Microsoft has not determined when the Java-savvy version of
> Windows will be available, but it considers the marriage of
> the two technologies a priority, according to sources. The
> decision may conclude Microsoft's apparent wavering between
> supporting Java and promoting its own ActiveX controls
> architecture for small, single-purpose applications like
> applets. The company has already gone from an apparent
> reluctance to even sign a licensing agreement last December
> to an announcement in March that the company would develop
> its own Java development tools to the decision to embed Java
> in its crown jewel: Windows.
>
> The Microsoft decisions is a tacit acknowledgement of Java's
> role as a de facto Internet standard. Netscape
> Communications' Navigator 2.0 is currently the only
> commercially available application that supports Java. While
> the language's popularity is due in large part to the
> phenomenal popularity of Navigator, Microsoft hopes it can
> steal the show from its browser rival by adding native
> support for Internet technologies, including TCP/IP and
> hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), to its operating system.
>
> Sun, for its part, wants to see Java as ubiquitous as
> Windows itself. The new focus on supporting Java in the OS
> is expected to be especially encouraging to the growing
> community of Java developers, who will be able to create
> applications that run outside of Web browsers.
>
> "It makes a lot of sense. This way you don't have to have a
> separate run time for every application," said Kim Polese,
> former product manager for Java at Sun and co-founder of a
> start-up company that develops Java applications. "Web
> browsers are one platform for [Java] applications, but
> they're not the only one. They are not even the ideal
> platform for applications because they are text-centric."
>
> IBM also plans to make Java a feature on all of its
> operating systems, including OS/2, AIX, MVS, and OS/400, as
> well as its groupware platform, Lotus Notes. "I have never
> thought of Java as a browser technology," said John Patrick,
> vice president of Internet Technology at IBM. "The browser
> has captured the world's imagination because it's so
> visible. The potential of Java extends beyond that. [Java]
> is not the panacea to all of the problems of Internet, but
> it is a very important technology for extending network
> computing."
>
> With Java's presence every-expanding, a new Netscape vs.
> Microsoft rivalry may ensue over Java performance.
>
> This week, Netscape announced that Navigator will get a Java
> performance boost through the addition of Borland
> International's just-in-time Java compiler, a
> second-generation Java engine that will accelerate the speed
> of applets by five- to ten-fold. Microsoft will fire back
> with its own just-in-time Java compiler, to be bundled
> initially in Internet Explorer 3.0 this summer and
> eventually directly into Windows, according to sources close
> to the company.
>
> IBM also plans to offer its own just-in-time compiler,
> Patrick said.
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[Oliver Steinmeier]

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>Java related stocks (SUNW/NASDAQ, MWK/TORONTO&Montreal) will increase
>sharply again. Read the following article to get the details.

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Oliver