Jini. Sun Microsystems introduced
Jini in July 1998.
The later problem is a security problem caused by the characteristics of
Jini technology that sets free developing of a
Jini system from the addition, modification of services, and the federation among all existing other services on networks.
This proxy is usually obtained by a lookup in a directory service, like a
Jini Lookup service or a JNDI name space.
Soon,
Jini Global was racking up pounds 30,000 a week in sales.
The starter kit is intended to enable developers to build
Jini clients and services.
Which brings us back to the Bluetooth and
Jini innovations.
Sun Microsystems Inc chief scientist and co-founder Bill Joy clearly believes there is room for some higher level functions on top of
Jini that it currently does not incorporate.
In the blue corner sits Sun with its Java-based
JINI technology, and in the red corner sits Microsoft with its Universal Plug and Play (UPnP).
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES senior vice president Yogesh Gupta on his skepticism about Sun's attempt to sell licenses for its new
Jini technology: "A world in which Sun collects a royalty on every device shipped would be an interesting one to Sun, but that's not going to happen." (Quoted in Sm@art Reseller, 2/8/99)
The latest example of fourth-generation computing is Sun Microsystems' new
Jini operating system.
TDT general manager
Jini Stolk admits that, in some circles, TDT is a hard sell.