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InfoBead Insider: Releasing Java’s Chains

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 17, 1999

“It seems that pressure from open source software, corporate
developers, and Sun’s ongoing feud with Microsoft and HP have
forced Sun’s hand.”

“Despite Sun’s tight rein, our CI Technology Database shows that
an impressive 48% of Fortune 1000 companies have deployed Java in
their organization. But smaller companies have passed on Java.
Overall, among all workplace sites, Java is merely a blip on the
radar screen-penetration is just 1% of the 7.6 million sites in the
U.S.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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