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- StarDal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This is rather anticlimatic.. this is from the SUN media page that leads into the links everyone's having issues with (http://www.sun.com/2005-1004/feature/)
4.October.2005 - Today, Sun creates yet another important relationship to add to our growing momentum. In an all-star alliance announced today, Sun and Google have begun a strategic relationship to promote and distribute their trail-blazing technologies. As part of the agreement, Sun will include the Google Toolbar as an option in downloads of the Java Runtime Environment from Java.com, Sun's showcase and portal for Java technology enthusiasts and developers. The new functionality will be available soon.
In keeping with this precedent-setting relationship, executives from Sun and Google broadcast the agreement from the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, the world's largest museum for preserving and presenting the history and influence of the computing revolution.
Watch the press conference Webcast.
"As a leader in free and open source software, Sun has long recognized that network innovation is vital to the evolution of the global economy," said Scott McNealy, chief executive officer, Sun Microsystems. "Working with Google will make our technologies available more broadly, increase options for users, lower barriers, and expand participation worldwide."
Java Momentum Good for Google
Java is one of the most recognized and respected technology brands in the world. Celebrating its 10th birthday this year, Java technology is everywhere and supports a $100 billion market.
Due to the popularity of Java on the desktop, downloads of Java have more than doubled year over year, reaching 20 million per month--and now users can also get the Google Toolbar. With the Java download and the Google Toolbar, users worldwide can benefit from the technology that is powering a new wave of Internet growth--and participate in its opportunities.
Trailblazing Technologies
Sun and Google are leaders in the new economy and at the forefront of the Participation Age. Users and developers alike are drawn to Sun and Google because of their embrace of sharing and innovation.
"Each company is blazing new trails with their technology and commitment to participation and open standards," says Mark Herring, Sun director of Java Brand and Community Marketing. "The collaboration between these two powerhouses is a milestone for the industry. By working together, Sun and Google are ushering in a new era of dynamic, interactive technology solutions."
Only the Beginning
The distribution of Java and the Google Toolbar underscores Google's advocacy of Java technology. Google is a member of the Java Community Process (JCP) executive council and actively participates in shaping the next generation of the Java platform as part of expert groups for Java Specification Requests.
The agreement between Sun and Google also kicks off further collaboration between the companies on projects like OpenOffice.org, the open source productivity suite that is the world's leading suite on the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) and Linux--and the leading alternative suite on Microsoft Windows.
"Google has long been part of the Java technology ecosystem, and today's announcement highlights this relationship," says Herring. "Sun is pleased to be working even more closely with a company that also values innovation and breaking down barriers. The agreement is the next big step in a great partnership." - Spec8472, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Can someone record, then transcode this to a decent format (or provide a downloadable link)?
- hfswagon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2
Real Player sucks but their Enterprise Edition doesn't suck as badly. It's a slim player without all the ads and crap.
Check it out:
http://forms.real.com/rnforms/products/tools/red/ - MisterKen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1For those of you without video, you are not missing a thing.
McNealy is so damn boring...drone drone drone drone
MAKE HIM SHUT UP! Is there and 'off' button on that guy?
Sheeesh...
At least Steve Jobs knows how to put on a 'show'. - meatypuffs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1There is an un-digg feature, go to your profile and find the story, below it is an option to "undigg".
- sneeu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It could to be one of three things...
o Google Office based on Star Office (though there's OpenOffice)
o GoogleOS based on Solaris x86 or maybe JDS.
And the one that Sun would love...
o Google using Sun Utility Computing.
Saddly it'll most likely something rather dull...
@Carbito: what on earth makes you think sun.com can't handle this sort of thing? - Hergio, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Looking at Jonathan Schwartz's blog from Oct 1, he bets "the world was about to change" and the 'world' he is talking about in the post refers to changing desktop applications, not really anything about OS's. So I am guessing it has something to do with an Office-type product.
http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/jonathan?entry=the_world_changes_this_week - mrloafbot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Alright I'm just going to throw this out there:
Solaris = GoogleOS?
just thinking... - GreatBug, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1So what *exactly* did they announce?
- JustinPM, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If you don't want to use Realplayer, use Realplayer alternative. No nasty corporate ware and the video renders as a normal DirectShow stream. Comes in handy.
- skoops, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i meant EVERYONE - sorry.. need an edit button here
- Codom, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Sun and Google will announce a merger
and the new company will be called Snoogle - modpancake, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I HATE RealPlayer. It should've never been created... it's a wart on the internet and it just won't go away.
- ticotek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Press Release Up. Sounds Boring
October 4, 2005 - Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Google Inc. today announced an agreement to promote and distribute their software technologies to millions of users around the world. The agreement aims to make it easier for users to freely obtain Sun's Java Runtime Environment (JRE), the Google Toolbar and the OpenOffice.org office productivity suite, helping millions of users worldwide to participate in the next wave of Internet growth.
Under the agreement, Sun will include the Google Toolbar as an option in its consumer downloads of the Java Runtime Environment on http://java.com. In addition, the companies have agreed to explore opportunities to promote and enhance Sun technologies, like the Java Runtime Environment and the OpenOffice.org productivity suite available at http://www.openoffice.org.
http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2005-10/sunflash.20051004.1.html - allarise, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i agree - haha there should be an un-digg.
- omnithrope, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'd assume it'll be up on video.google.com at some point, yeah?
- GreatBug, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1worst. press conference. ever.
- StarDal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Dang it.. didn't mean to copy and paste the whole thing... kinda got caught up... dig _really_ needs an 'edit comments' feature.
- billygreen23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1omg, this is *****. i skipped class to watch this. they are bundling google toolbar with java. wow. jackasses.
- Neil, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Yes, I do not and do not intend to install Real Player. Quicktime or Windows Media Format.
- dusingaz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0gay... google toolbar
- mrpippy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm just getting hard 404s on the 200k links with mplayer and real (OS X)
- ticotek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I do hope they are not annoucing a video streaming product.
"the world is about to change this week", but you won't find out until the webcast shows up on Google Video - skoops, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0java runtime with google toolbar? no big deal
- CarLBanks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The 200k stream isn't working for me.
- sigUVa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0no sound here either. What is this? Amateur hour?
- stanleyfresh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0what the? i still can't get mine to work. fired up ie & clicked the link & tho now i'm no longer getting the "outdated" error from realplayer, i still get no play. this sux (for me, at least)
- Hergio, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Do they really close down the links 15 minutes before the event even starts? Why?"
No, they will be ACTIVATED no later than 15 BEFORE the webcast. Read it again.
Note: The links will be active no later than 10:15am Pacific Time on 10/4. - ticotek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is really going to backfire in the geek world. If Jonathan Schwartz is all excited and thinks that "the world is about to change this week" over this, then Sun is in even more ***** that i thought.
- Squinty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Suck. I was in, listening to the craptacular music, but once the broadcast actually started I lost the audio, just saw video. Now I can't reconnect.
Oh well, I'm sure someone will post an update. - billygreen23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0yeah! finally got video!
- mrpippy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Do they really close down the links 15 minutes before the event even starts? Why?
- rlorenzo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I installed Real Player Alternative and use media player classic to view it to view Read Media files, but the stream doesn't work.
Is it just not working or do I need to install Real Player to view the stream? - helloWorld, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah, I just logged on....links are dead.
- muszek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I can't connect either? Maybe they're overloaded?
- dolphumous, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Requested file not found." For atleast the last 10 minutes.
- archer75, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Link does'nt work
- GreatBug, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Who taught him how to dress? Green suit, blue shirt? come on!
- Malkuth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0An Office program would be a nice start for Google to continue taking a bite out of Microsoft's market share. Hopefully it'll be something worthy of replacing Office.
- ryanguill, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0An office program, which is what I expect would be far from "no big deal". It would put openDocument into primetime view. The only way microsoft would be able to sustain office is to support an open standard in office 12 and pitch it and get it into every educational outlet there is.
- punchmonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Real Player links aren't t working for me here.... "Requested file not found. The link you followed may be outdated or inaccurate."
rtsp://rx-wes-sea117.rbn.com/farm/*/sun/sun/live/VIP-2166_01_200.rm@1
Anyone else get this and figure out how to work around? - drpunkerz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0http://play.rbn.com/?url=sun/sun/live/VIP-2166_01_200.rm&proto=rtsp
is the 200k link. for whatever reason, when I took off "&proto=rtsp" it started playing fine. Give it a shot. - gklitt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Everyone undigg. This is stupid.
- draven_b4u, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Same problem here.. been trying for 30 minutes now.. First with Real Alternative, then decided to bite the bullet and install the SH$$ware BloatWare, AdWare (I think you get the idea) known as REAL Player just to see if that were the problem... Same problem.. Guess I may not hear that COOL MUSIC and CAR CRASH people are talking about... The guy who DIGGS a video or mp3 link after this thing is over will get a ton of DIGGS.
- punchmonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Just got through after about 10 minutes of clicking... seems like they may just be overloaded. So far nothing exciting.
- knightwolf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0stupid real player. the links won't work for me either, someone post what they're saying.
- sgtstadanko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0cant get the link to work? Here is the outline of the news http://www.sun.com/2005-1004/feature/index.html
. Mind Blowing News.....sun is going to bundle the google toolbar with java jre downloads. wow i'm so underwhelmed I can barely contain myself. The article also says they are going to collaborate on OpenOffice. - theonetheonly, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Neither link works
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0works for me although I had to close real player and click the link again.
- jdavis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0http://www.sun.com/2005-1004/feature/index.html
Is this the "big news"? I hope not! -
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