Java: Difference between revisions
→StarSeven
Altilunium (talk | contribs) |
Altilunium (talk | contribs) |
||
Line 22:
=== StarSeven ===
The secret "Green Team", fully staffed at 13 people, was chartered by Sun to anticipate and plan for the next wave in computing. Their initial conclusion was that at least one significant trend would be the convergence of digitally controlled consumer devices and computers.<ref>Jon Byous (1998) "[https://web.archive.org/web/20050420081440/http://java.sun.com/features/1998/05/birthday.html Java Technology : The Early Years]" java.sun.com</ref>
{{Cquote|Gosling made the observation that computer chips were appearing in toasters, VCRs and many other household appliances, even in the doorknobs of their ski-lodge rooms. Yet three remote-control devices were needed just to get a TV, a VCR and a living-room sound system to work. Most people still couldn't program any of them. The wonder wasn't that chips were everywhere, but that they were being used so badly. "With a little computer science, all of these things could be made to work together," Gosling insisted. The Green team decided to build a prototype of a device that could control everyday consumer appliances. ||| David Bank (December, 1995) "[https://web.archive.org/web/20050128112539/http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.12/java.saga.html The Java Saga]" Wired Magazine}}
| |||