“Now that the competitive threat from Microsoft has all but
vanished, Java’s two strongest supporters, Sun and IBM, are engaged
in a behind-the-scenes war of nerves that could lead to a schism
that nobody wants.“
“Sun’s Embedded Java just lost out on a seven-year, multimillion
dollar contract with Delphi Automotive Systems, a leading supplier
of mobile computerized car options, which chose Hewlett-Packard’s
Java look-alike, Chai.’
“And Java’s much-ballyhooed networking complement, Jini, is
essentially missing in action.”
“Other than that, everything’s fine.”