Sun Microsystems is expected later today
to announce an initial implementation of 30,000 TV set-top boxes in Japan
through Hitachi, the first rollout of Java-based set-top boxes, according to the companies.
The deal, based on Hitachi hardware and Sun's JavaOS operating system,
according to sources, marks some of the first tangible results in Sun's bid
to proliferate its programming language across a variety of devices.
Sun and Hitachi will deploy more than
200,000 set-top boxes based on Multi-RDR hardware and the JavaOS by the end
of next year, according to sources.
The market for software to run a variety of consumer devices, such as TV
set-top boxes, is the latest battleground for a variety of firms, including
Sun, Microsoft, and Network Computer Incorporated, which
announced its own deal last month.
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