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IBM and BEA Systems Inc. introduced specifications that would add consistency among Java-based infrastructure software, and make it easier to use the Java platform within a service-oriented architecture.
November 26, 2003

Besides introducing new technologies, the joint announcement shows a flexing of muscle by the two leading Java vendors, which have begun to overshadow Sun in their influence in directing the development of the Java platform, Bloomberg said.

"With this announcement, we now have the two undisputed market leaders in the Java world getting together and saying we're going to use the JCP, but we're going to use it in a way to help our customers," Bloomberg said. "They don't even mention Sun. Sun is irrelevant to what IBM and BEA are doing."

IBM and BEA acknowledged that the companies were offering the technologies based on requirements from enterprise customers, which also want to see more standardization.

"Our customers, given our leadership roles within the Java community, expect to see these innovations standardized within the Java process," Rod Smith, vice president of emerging technologies for the IBM software group, said.

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