HP To Make Custom Java

Chris Short writes "In a move that creates a rift among a industry coalition against MS, HP has announced that it is releasing it own JAVA Virtual Machine. This VM will be a subset of JAVA and will, along with MS, break JAVA's "write once, run anywhere" promise. HP insists that it still supports Sun's JAVA, but has created this subset for commercial appliances. Among the companies that have already licensed the HP VM is Microsoft for Windows CE. For articles on this look at news.com or the Wall Street Journal."