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Java 1.0 press release
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kim Polese)
Sat Jan 27 09:12:34 1996
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 15:42:47 -0800
From: polese@scndprsn.eng.sun.com (Kim Polese)
To: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
JavaSoft is pleased to announce the final release of Java 1.0!
Official press release follows.
Kim Polese
Java Marketing Manager
Sun Microsystems
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
George Paolini (415) 786-8199
Lisa Poulson (415) 786-8371
http://java.sun.com
JAVASOFT SHIPS JAVA 1.0
PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT AVAILABLE FREE FOR DEVELOPERS
Palo Alto, CA - January 23, 1996 - JavaSoft, the newly-formed operating
company of Sun Microsystems, Inc., today announced that the Java(TM) 1.0
programming environment is now available for download at http://java.sun.com.
"Java's write-once-run-everywhere capability along with its easy
accessibility have propelled the software and Internet communities to
embrace it as the de facto standard for writing applications for complex
networks," said Alan Baratz, JavaSoft's newly appointed president. "We're
delighted to invite developers to download Java 1.0 immediately and start
building the next killer application."
"Improving Java to create this strong 1.0 general release has been a
great achievement for our team," said Ruth Hennigar, general manager of
Java language and applications, JavaSoft. "Since our first alpha release
to the Web in March we have received a lot of developer feedback and have
improved functionality and reliability. This release incorporates the
components that software developers have told us they need -- the Java
Applet Viewer for running and testing applets; the Java Compiler; a
prototype debugger and the Java Virtual Machine to run Java-based programs.
We've also included class libraries for graphics, audio, animation and
networking."
Since its announcement in May 1995, Java has been widely used to create
hundreds of "applets" or small applications which can be downloaded across a
network and can run locally. Companies as diverse as National Semiconductor,
Precision Systems, Inc. and Starwave have already announced significant
Java-based programs.
AVAILABLE FOR FREE OVER THE INTERNET
Developers will continue to have access to Java 1.0, free of charge. It is
available for download at http://java.sun.com. In addition, a number of
companies have licensed the Java source code to enhance their browsers,
create development tools for Java programming, and to port the Java Virtual
Machine to various operating systems. To date, 15 companies, including IBM,
SGI, Netscape, Oracle and Toshiba have licensed Java Source, and Microsoft
has announced that it intends to license Java.
Java 1.0 is available for the Windows 95 and NT on Intel and
Solaris(TM) on SPARC(TM) platforms today. Java 1.0 for Mac OS 7.5 is expected
by the end of the first quarter of 1996.
"JavaSoft has targeted these four platforms that are all critical
to Java's success," said Ruth Hennigar. "In addition, ports to other
significant operating systems are underway outside of JavaSoft. For
example, IBM has announced it would build ports for Microsoft Windows 3.1
and OS/2, and OSF has announced that it will build ports for additional
versions of the UNIX operating system."
Java-based applications are platform-independent; only the Java
Virtual Machine needs to be ported to each platform. It acts as an
interpreter between an end user's computer and the Java-based application.
An application written in the Java environment can run anywhere, ending
the need for porting applications to multiple platforms. The Java Virtual
Machine is currently available to end users through JavaSoft's HotJavaTM,
Netscape Navigator 2.0TM web browsers and will be available in Oracle's
PowerBrowserTM and Spyglass' MosaicTM browsers.
JavaSoft, headquartered in Palo Alto, is an operating company of Sun
Microsystems Inc. The company's mission is to develop, market and support
the Java technology and products based on it. Java supports networked
applications and enables developers to write applications once that will
run on any machine. JavaSoft develops applications, tools and systems
platforms to further enhance Java as the programming standard for complex
networks such as the Internet and corporate intranets.
With annual revenues of more than $6 billion, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
provides products and services that enable customers to build and maintain
open network computing environments. Widely recognized as a proponent of
open standards, the company is involved in the design, manufacture and
sale of products, technologies and services for commercial and technical
computing. Sun's SPARC(TM) workstations, multiprocessing servers, SPARC
microprocessors, Solaris operating software and ISO-certified service
organization each rank No. 1 in the UNIX industry. Sun's JavaTM
platform-independent programming environment, provides a comprehensive
solution to the challenge of programming for complex networks, including
the Internet. Sun Microsystems was founded in 1982, and is headquartered
in Mountain View, California.
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