Chapter 2, Problem 20PS

Explanation of Solution

Analysis of the disagreements concerning the delegates:

The disputes between Microsoft and Sun systems over the language of Java are famous.

• Java program runs in an environment called the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The JVM creates a special environment isolated from the rest of the operating system. Java programs cannot communicate with other programs running outside JVM.
• Sun regards this as a special feature for Java. In J2EE edition, a Java class called the Enterprise Java Bean (EJB) was added and other programs communicated with Java programs through CORBA.
• In March, 1996, Microsoft and Sun signed a five-year license agreement. Under this agreement, Microsoft was allowed to distribute the Sun compiler, runtime, and class libraries and to create new code.
• Sun required any new Microsoft code to pass compatibility tests to ensure that standard Java programs would run on the Microsoft platform. Sun updated Microsoft with new versions of Java...