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The creation of the Java Fund and testimony from companies like Marimba bode well for Java, but will smaller software companies profit from the technology Las Vegas November 22, 1996 mdash; Java may be funneling cash into Sun Microsystems, but panelists at Comdex yesterday Nov. 21 , had mixed opinions concerning how smaller software developers will profit from the technology mdash; or even whether the platform is viable.The Internet is not reliable, not manageable, and not scalable, said Robert Tasker, senior vice pre stanley cup sident of computing research and consulting stanley quencher for the Yankee Group, in Boston. Java-based applications, which use the Internet as their underlying distribution platform, arenrsquo;t reliable enough to support business applications, he said.Developers will be hard-pressed to sell Java applets to corporations until the questions of bandwidth, testing, and management are sorted out, Tasker said. Irsquo;m not clear how these developers will make money, aside from Microsoft and Sun, Tasker said. On the other hand, venture capitalists are betting on Java, which proves that there is a viable business opportunity, said Sun Java Evangelist Miko Matsumura.Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield, and Byers, a venture capital firm focused on technology companies and based in Menlo Park, CA, set up a 00 million Java Fund in August to fue stanley cup l Java development in startup companies. The fund has financial backing from Cisco, Compaq, IBM, Netscape Ksva Cinven rsquo euro;1.2bn deal for French medical firm
Wednesday 11 December 2013 8:37 pmAshtead joins FTSE 100 indexBy: Express KCSShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailINTERNATIONAL equipment rental company Ashtead will join the FTSE 100 for the first time at close of trading on 20 December. The news comes as natural resources company Vedanta Resources and Croda International, a specialist chemical company both drop out of the index. Ashtead has seen its share price rise 66 per cent this year, peaking at 759 pence earlier this week. It will be joined in the FTSE 100 by Royal Mail, whose shares c stanley cup usa losed at 586p yesterday.Share this articleFacebookXLinkedInWhatsAppEmailSimilarly tagged content: SectionsNewsCategoriesBusinessTrending ArticlesAnt stanley deutschland hropic: UK staff get eye-watering sums at AI giantOff the menu: Dominorsquo is UKrsquo most shorted companyHiking VAT would have lsquo erio stanley cup us negative impactrsquo;, economists warn ReevesWhy the iPhone 17Pro is the best iPhone Applersquo made in yearsSt James Place warns self-employed to act now as digital tax deadline loomsMore from City AMBeauty Tech makes strong debut on London Stock Exchange amid IPO droughtFTSE 100 Live: Stocks edge up as Primark sales hold steady; Rachel Reeves to give speech to investorsMarketsFTSE 100 seals best quarterly rise since 2022MarketsBanksrsquo; bond market headache spells trouble for FTSE 100BankingRolls-Royce: FTSE 100 giant now worth pound;100bnBusinessRolls-Royce, |
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