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By Amy Doan and Ed Scannell CITING E-MAIL as the"killer app" for Java, JavaSoft is preparing a version of HotJava Views for Windows.
HotJava Views 1.1 will broaden the product from NC-based software to an application suitable for Windows-based machines and NetPCs, said JavaSoft officials.
JavaSoft is already lining up ISVs to license the technology - two deals are already in the works.
JavaSoft plans to use its Java Development Kit (JDK) for Windows Version 1.1 to bring HotJava Views to Windows. Later, JavaSoft may support Microsoft's JDK for Windows under this application, officials said.
HotJava Views is what JavaSoft has termed a "webtop" - a taskcentered user interface with onebutton links to e-mail, calendar and name directories, and the Web.
Version 1.0 of the product already provides the GUI for JavaSoft's Java PC, which...