TECHNOLOGY - April 25, 1996

Microsoft to Modify Java: The software firm, reaching further to influence the way people use the Internet, will soon weave technical specifications of a Sun Microsystems Inc. product into its core Windows operating system, a source said. The Sun product, called Java, is a programming language that allows people to add features such as animation to electronic documents distributed on the World Wide Web and similarly designed corporate data networks. Microsoft Corp. plans to modify Java to optimally run with Windows-based computers. In doing so, a portion of Java will be incorporated into a new version of Windows 95, Microsoft’s key product for running the basic functions of personal computers. Microsoft and Sun will announce the plans next week, the source said.