Sun issued the press release (appended below) regarding the licensing of its
leading Java Media technologies including Java 3D, Java Media Framework, Java
Advanced Imaging and Java Sound to the Linux Blackdown Porting team, yesterday
at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo. This agreement enables the Linux community
to develop and distribute media-enhanced applications for the Java 2 platform
for non-commercial use. The Blackdown team will serve as a conduit to bring
these Java Media APIs to the entire Linux community.
The license was signed on Thursday, February 25, and we had Java 3D up and
running on a Wintel laptop running Linux on Monday, March 2nd. This is once
again a demonstration of the portability of Java 3D on any platform running Java
2. If you happen to be attending the LinuxWorld Expo, do stop by the Sun booth,
to see Java 3D in action on Linux.
/Subra
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Subra Mohan
Java 3D Marketing
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
(650)786-5863, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Tuesday March 2, 5:42 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Sun to Deliver Power of Java Media Technologies to Linux Platform
Cutting-Edge Java Media Technologies Will Enable Linux Users to Develop
Media-Enhanced Applications for Multiple
Platforms
LINUXWORLD, SAN JOSE, Calif., March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Sun Microsystems,
Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW - news) today announced that it has licensed its
leading Java (TM) Media technologies to the Linux Blackdown Porting
Team, an informal group of Linux developers. The licensing agreement
delivers the inherent strengths of the Java programming environment to
Linux users and includes the following Sun (TM) application programming
interfaces (APIs): Java 3D (TM) API, Java Media Framework API, Java
Advanced Imaging API and Java Sound API. This agreement enables the
Linux community to develop and distribute media-enhanced applications
for the Java 2 platform for non-commercial use. For the first time,
Linux developers will be able to create platform-independent,
network-centric applications for educational, business and technical
users with the easy-to-use Java Media APIs.
``Adding Java Media APIs to the Linux arsenal gives developers an
exciting new platform for exploring a wide range of visually and
aurally engaging media -- from 3D, to multimedia, to sound,'' says
Steve Byrne, Linux Blackdown Porting Team Leader. ``This brings
together many disparate pieces of the puzzle -- Linux, Java, 3D
graphics and multimedia - to form a major bridge to the rapidly
expanding Linux developer community.''
By licensing several of Sun's Java Media technologies, the Blackdown
team will serve as a conduit to bring these tools to the entire Linux
community. Linux users will now be able to quickly and easily
incorporate 3D graphics, 2D imaging and multimedia data -- including
stored or streaming audio, video, MIDI -- into their applications.
Because these APIs are built using Java technology's ``Write Once, Run
Anywhere (TM)'' philosophy, media-enhanced applications developed using
the APIs are able to run on multiple platforms, which dramatically
reduces application development time and costs.
``Our agreement to provide this type of support for Linux is just
another example of Sun's commitment to fostering technical innovation.
Sun intends to enable a new generation of platform-neutral development
activity by putting these Java Media technologies in the hands of Linux
users,'' said Jon Kannegaard, vice president and general manager of the
Java Platform at Sun Microsystems, Inc.'s Java Software.
The Java Media APIs that will be available to the Linux community
include:
* Java 3D API
The Java 3D API provides an object-oriented interface for applications
that require high performance, interactive 3D graphics. The Java 3D
API's scene graph-based programming model provides a simple and
flexible mechanism for representing and rendering potentially complex
3D environments. The Java 3D API optimizes the scene and handles the
low-level rendering details to provide the best possible performance.
* Java Media Framework API
The Java Media Framework API is a collection of classes that enable the
display and capture of multimedia data within applets and applications
written in the Java programming language. The Java Media Framework
allows developers to incorporate audio and video of various media
formats -- including QuickTime, MPEG and AVI -- into their
cross-platform applets and applications.
* Java Advanced Imaging API
The Java Advanced Imaging API incorporates performance-oriented
features such as tiling, deferred execution, optimization of combined
operations, resolution-independent image-processing, multi-threading
and support for multi-dimensional, multi-banded image data types.
* Java Sound API
The Java Sound API delivers consistent, reliable, high-quality sound
for Java platform applications by providing low-level support for audio
operations such as audio mixing, audio capture, MIDI sequencing and
MIDI synthesis. The Java Sound API allows developers to enhance their
applets and applications with high-quality music and sound.
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, ``The Network Is The
Computer (TM),'' has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc., to its position
as a leading provider of high quality hardware, software and services
for establishing enterprise-wide intranets and expanding the power of
the Internet. With more than $10.5 billion in annual revenues, Sun can
be found in more than 150 countries and on the World Wide Web at
http://sun.com.
NOTE: Sun, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems, Java, Java 3D, ``The Network
Is The Computer,'' HotJava and ``Write Once, Run Anywhere'' are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the
United States and in other countries.
Press announcements and other information about Sun Microsystems are
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at the URL prompt.
SOURCE: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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