Most of all, customers who purchase or build applications using Java technology can run them on any operating system.
In April he linked with VMware, the virtualization company, so that 6 million Java developers can easily tap into his technology while still writing Java code.
VMware ( VMW - news - people ), the virtualization company, so that 6 million Java developers can easily tap into his technology while still writing Java code.
Sun will contribute Java and a related technology called Jini that allows mobile computing devices to set up communications channels with other networked appliances and servers.
This type of programming is based on a set of Java APIs, although new technology in the latest version of Apache Hadoop, called YARN, allows other languages to be used.
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Out of Java, Mr Joy has now spawned a related technology, Jini.
One is Java, a programming language that is the underlying technology both for many business applications and for software that runs on mobile phones.
Java, arguably one of the most pervasive and successful platforms in technology, was not well monetized and not a great for investors.
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Performance-wise, the winner is a pre-release version of Tower Technology's TowerJ compiler, which generates a native executable from pure Java code that runs almost 25 percent faster than the fastest Java interpreter, even when the interpreter has a just-in-time compiler.
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The dominant applications in banks are running on Java, and Waratek promises banks they can run two to eight times more applications per server with its technology.
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To be sure, struggling server vendor Sun Microsystems (nasdaq: JAVA - news - people ) sounded a downbeat note during its earnings call last week, sending technology shares broadly lower.
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