Java


 
The Language
Products & Vendors
  • Applied Reasoning do Smalltalk stuff, and now have got into Java.  In particular, the have a product called Clasic Blend which enables GUI screens to be rendered through web browsers using Java applets.  They support VisualWorks screens at the moment, but are looking at doing the same thing for Java applications.
  • "JBlend is an operating system that adheres to the new JTRON architecture specification.", and "JTRON ... is a next generation real-time operating system architecture".  They did an amusing demo in which a small robot was being managed in real time.
  • Everyone at JavaOne 1998 received a "Java Ring".  This is a device using iButton technology from Dallas Semiconductor.