The system software that will be running isn't clear - Sun deferred any comment on who actually owns the JavaOS for Business code to its lawyers - although Sun did say that more resources are flowing into the management software that will feature on Corona.
The two also claim that a key element of JavaOS for Business was creating an optimized Java virtual machine environment to run Java applications faster.
Moreover IBM, through its development of the Enterprise Java Bean specification,
JavaOS and parts of Java 2, already has a large stake in Java's make-up.
Kona turned into
JavaOS and was targeted at consumer and embedded systems use.
Tolliver's group includes various Java operating systems for the consumer and embedded market, including
JavaOS, Personal Java and ChorusOS, the real time operating system Sun acquired last year.
It's still in discussions with IBM about manufacturing Big Blue's design for Intel-based NetStations running
JavaOS for Business due next year.
It's offering
JavaOS running on its SparcLite chips (compatible with Sun's microSparc) and will implement
JavaOS on its picoJava implementation next year.
IBM Corp claims it still hasn't made it's mind up whether or not to port
JavaOS for Business to PowerPC.
European digital TV provider BetaReserach has now joined Tele Communications Inc and Hitachi Ltd on the list of manufacturers that have committed themselves to using Sun's ChorusOS and
JavaOS technology.
Sun's consumer and embedded technologies group where Beduin will come to rest also has a couple of cuts of the
JavaOS kernel - embedded and consumer - designed to bring real-time services to PersonalJava and EmbeddedJava APIs when they are fitted with the Chorus microkernel.