Sun Microsystems has signed agreements with
Hewlett-Packard and Dell Computer to distribute Sun’s Java Runtime
Environment (JRE) on desktop personal computers sold by the two
companies.
HP will ship the JRE on Windows PCs by the third quarter of
2003. Dell has agreed to ship the JRE with Linux and Windows PCs,
although no shipping date was given.
"We're doing our best to make sure that Java is absolutely
everywhere," said Sun vice president and general manager of Java
software Rich Green, in a keynote speech at the JavaOne conference
in San Francisco.
Sun has yet to sign a similar deal with IBM.
Robert McMillan writes for IDG News
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