Sun Announces Availability of Netscape 6 for Solaris Operating Environment.Business/High Tech Editors PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 2001 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. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ) today announced the availability of Netscape(TM) 6 for Solaris(TM) Operating Environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. . The product is now available for free download on Sun's Web site at www.sun.com/solaris/netscape Netscape 6 for Solaris Operating Environment provides open browser technology that is convenient, customizable and connected. The product also supports the latest Web standards Web standards is a general term for the formal standards and other technical specifications that define and describe aspects of the World Wide Web. In recent years, the term has been more frequently associated with the trend of endorsing a set of standardized best practices for , provides integrated Java(TM) technology, and global and cross-platform support. "Sun is committed to bringing the leading browser technology to its Solaris customers so they can access and create richer Web content and applications for the Solaris operating environment," said Marco Borries, vice president and general manager of Webtop and Application Software at Sun Microsystems, Inc. "With Netscape 6, our customers and the development community get next generation technology that is open, scalable, and customizable -- delivering the functionality and investment protection they need." "Sun will also continue making contributions to the Mozilla project and supporting the open-source community by providing support for key industry standards like XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. and Java technologies. These contributions will provide developers a compelling solution for writing Web-based Java applications A Java program that is run stand alone. The Java Virtual Machine in the client or server is interpreting the instructions. Contrast with Java applet. See servlet. that integrate seamlessly with Netscape 6." "We are pleased Sun is offering our next-generation browser technology on Solaris, one of the leading platforms," said Jim Hamerly, vice president for client product development at Netscape. "Sun provides Netscape 6 users with easy access and integration with Java and XML technologies allowing them to enjoy rich, dynamic content and providing yet another example of Netscape 6's industry leading standards compliance across a variety of platforms." About Netscape 6 for Solaris Operating Environment Netscape 6, the next-generation Netscape browser See Netscape. , offers consumers a new choice, with unmatched convenience, the ability to stay connected to important information and unprecedented flexibility to shape their online experience to fit the ways they live, work, and communicate. Netscape 6 for Solaris Operating Environment includes the following features: -- Open Browser Technology, based on the Mozilla.org open source, which enables developers to write dynamic Web-based applications. -- Full-featured browser, mail, and Web content creation solution. -- Open industry standards support, including XML, DOM, and CSS level 1 -- Java technology integrated support that provides cross-platform seamless interoperability. Includes the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition -- J2SE(TM), Java pluglets, Java extensions, Java APIs, and a Java 2-based XPCOM component. -- Multi-language support. About the Solaris Operating Environment The Solaris platform is the industry's first operating environment to satisfy the convergent requirements of enterprises adapting to the Internet age and dot-com businesses adopting the disciplines of the data center. The proven capabilities of the Solaris Operating Environment help existing data centers become more agile and predictable thus enabling them to increase service levels and reduce service costs and risks to their networks. The Solaris Operating Environment software delivers the five critical requirements for Internet-based systems -- scalability, availability, manageability, security and connectivity. Availability Netscape 6 for Solaris Operating Environment is available now for download on Sun's Web site at www.sun.com/solaris/netscape. About Sun Microsystems, Inc. Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer"(TM) -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW), to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that power the Internet and allow companies worldwide to dot-com their businesses. With $17.6 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 170 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun Logo, Solaris, Java, J2SE (Java 2 platform, Standard Edition) See Java 2. J2SE - Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. Netscape is a trademark or registered trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation (company) Netscape Communications Corporation - (Formlerly "Mosaic Communications Corporation", MCC) A company set up in April 1994 by Dr. James H. Clark and Marc Andreessen <marca@netcom. in the United States and other countries. |
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