ALCATEL, SUN IN SOFTWARE PACT FOR CONSUMER NET DEVICES.
Alcatel and Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. Inc this week announced plans to work
together to develop software for consumer internet devices. The two
companies said the partnership was based on their desire to
"stimulate the market for internet appliances Also called "information appliance," "smart appliance," and "Web appliance," it is a device specialized for accessing the Web and/or e-mail. Designed for ease of use, it plugs into a telephone jack or LAN connection for Internet hookup. ," and as part of
the alliance Sun said it was supporting Alcatel with the launch of its
first Java-based screen phone next year. Karen Peck peck: see English units of measurement. , director of
marketing for Alcatel said the two companies had worked together to
develop a customized implementation of a full suite of Java technologies
based on Sun's JavaOS for Consumers. The product provides complete
support for the PersonalJava API (Application Programming Interface) A language and message format used by an application program to communicate with the operating system or some other control program such as a database management system (DBMS) or communications protocol. as well as an integrated Java browser
with support for JavaScript technology. "There will be joint
development now and going forward, but not on the hardware side."
she said. She added that the two would work together on future versions
of the screen phone.
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