Microsoft Evinces Interest In Sun

• One big step was taken on December 7, 1995, when Microsoft signed a letter of interest with Sun for a Java-
technology source license. Additionally, Microsoft agreed to give Sun, Microsoft’s reference implementation
of the Java virtual machine, and the apple application programming interface (API) for Windows. This deal
was important.

• By integrating Java into its Explorer browse, Microsoft provided Java with a huge base of previously
untapped Windows users. In addition, it was a major endorsement form the world’s largest software firm that
Sun’s Interment technology is top-notch and goes a long way towards establishing Java as de facto open
standard for programming on the Internet.
 The Who’s Who Of The Green
1) James Gosling 7) Scott McNealy
Green Team original, First Person
employee, original member Java 8) Patrick Naughton
Products Group, lead engineer and
key architect of Java technology 9) George Paolini
2) Lisa Friendly 10) Kim Polese
3) John Gage 11) Lisa Poulson
4) Bill Joy
12) Wayne Rosing
5) Jonni Kanerva
13) Eric Schmidt
6) Tim Lindholm
14) Mike Sheridan
 What is Java?
Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems The language derives much of its
syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities.

 Java applications are typically compiled to bytecode (class file) that can run on any Java Virtual Machine (JVM) regardless of
computer architecture.
The JVM is a specification for an abstract computer. It consists of a class loader and a Java interpreter that executes the
architecture-neutral bytecodes .

Java is a general-purpose, concurrent, class-based, object-oriented language that is specifically designed to have as few
implementation dependencies as possible.

 It is intended to let application developers “write once, run anywhere”. Java is currently one of the most popular programming
languages in use, and is widely used from application software to web applications.

// Outputs "Hello, world!" and then exits

public class HelloWorld {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Hello, world!");
}
}