DELL and Hewlett-Packard have agreed to load Sun Microsystems' version of Java on their new PCs.
It's a significant boost to Java, which Sun developed as an environment that can run programs regardless of the underlying operating system.
In the past, most PCs shipped with Microsoft's version, which was built into Windows. Sun claimed the Microsoft version of Java was altered to ensure that it did not threaten the software giant's operating system monopoly.
Sun and Microsoft have been squabbling for years over the technology, including Sun's ongoing private antitrust lawsuit. In December 2002, a US federal judge ordered Microsoft include Sun's Java in Windows. The software giant is appealing.
Sun is now assured that Dell and HP computers will have the most up-to-date Sun-sanctioned version of the software without having to download it directly from Sun.
Both companies are expected to start shipping PCs with Sun's version later this year. Financial details were not disclosed.
News source: Australian IT
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