SRO: IBM Steals Sun's Java Thunder

Jan 24, 2000, 18:03 (5 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

"Caldera, Red Hat and TurboLinux add IBM Java to their product mixes."

"Under these agreements, each of the three companies will license and distribute IBM's Java Runtime engine, Java Virtual Machine (JVM), and the IBM Developer Kit for Linux, Java Technology Edition."

"All the companies intend on shipping product by mid-February. IBM launched Java as a public beta in June of last year."

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