Aug 17, 2004 11:39 AM
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Java Technology
We live in a bold new world of highly capable, software-driven products and customized services, from web pages, PCs, and printers to PDAs, mobile phones, games, TVs, and cars. When you find a product that just does more, one that really stands out, one that's packed with intelligent, interactive, secure features, surprising capabilities, and ways to grow, you'll probably discover that it's ''Java Powered.''
That's why millions of consumers and business people are actively asking for Java technology-based products. You may not see it, but Java technology is used in practically every major industry, from space exploration and oil and gas production to finance and telecommunications. Java technology is powering the medical equipment at your hospital, enhancing the learning tools at your elementary schools, running through the network of your local government, and ensuring a higher level of homeland security in your community. It may even reside inside the bank card in your wallet.
More important, Java technology is enabling applications and products of all kinds to do something unique and incredible: Communicate. Integrate. Animate. Interact. Transact. Analyze. Learn. Discern. Protect. The list goes on and on. Each new product or service that uses Java technology seems to fulfill the promise embodied in the word innovation, delivering something uniquely incredible. For example, see how Java technology can power the driver interface for the next generation of automobiles, providing a cool heads-up display of the gauges and controls.
Closer to home, check out the new features you'll soon see on digital TVs, with enhanced control and visuals, from weather forecasts to political opinion polls and election results. It begins with an introduction by Sun's president and COO, Jonathan Schwartz, and a foreword by James Gosling, the inventor of Java technology.
The vignettes that follow give you a kaleidoscopic glimpse of 30 ways Java technology is being used today, all over the planet and beyond. After all, isn't this what we always hoped technology would do for us someday? Look around and you'll see that ''someday'' is already here.
Hail to Java...
