NODE c3c4a42fMicro$oft and Java
gorkab@sanchez.com (Brian Gorka)Thu, 7 Dec 95 14:43:44 PST
Microsoft announced its Internet plans, and is considering licensing Java
from Sun Microsystems. Other parts of the plan: OLE controls that can be
transmitted over the Web, acting like applets; Web-related enhancements to
Visual Basic; commerce, security, publishing and server software. [WSJ 12/7
p.B8]
IBM joined the ranks of companies licensing Java software from Sun
Microsystems. The company plans to integrate the technology into all its
Internet software and operating systems, including the version of Windows
3.1 it sells. [NYT 12/7 p.D2] [WSJ 12/7 p.B8]