Refers to initiatives from Sun that specify 100% compliance with its Java specification. The goal is to maintain a consistent, single interface for Java so that all Java Virtual Machines can run all Java programs. See Holy Grail.
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
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- Software downloads 2008-07-17
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- Blog posts 2008-07-16
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
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- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
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- Software downloads 2008-07-15
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- Software downloads 2008-07-15
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