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Sun’s Java delay
impacts 3000 features
The Java product team at Sun Microsystems is delaying the
arrival of the Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.2 by at least two months, until
November. HP 3000 Java expert Mike Yawn said the Sun delay will push back
the availability of new Java/iX features which are to be based on the 1.2
technology. Swing classes, a powerful interface development tool for Java
that Yawn demonstrated in March, are among the Java components that rely on
1.2. The 1.2 release also includes improved security with “a much more
powerful model based on policies and permissions,” Yawn said,
“and [it] will apply to applets, servlets, and applications
equally.”
“We'll be shipping JDK 1.1.5 with MPE/iX 6.0,”
Yawn added. “Beyond that, we haven't made a firm schedule for which
JDK releases will ship with which MPE releases. Sun's slips mean that JDK
1.2 and HotSpot technology will be slower getting to MPE users, but we have
not decided what release vehicles to use for these products.”
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