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Google Inc will promote Sun Microsystems word processing and office software products in an alliance that was announced Tuesday October 4th 2005. This step by Google is a challenge at Microsofts dominance of the computer users desktops worldwide.
Google and Sun gave very few details at the press conference. They did say that they would jointly promote OpenOffice, Sun’s free office productivity software that is a competitor of Microsofts Office suite of software, and Sun’s Java software platform, which runs thousands of PC’s.
The multi year strategic agreement, as its called, promotes Java technology and the Google Toolbar.
With this agreement, Sun will include the Google Toolbar as an option in its consumer downloads of the Java Runtime Environment on Http://www.java.com. In addition, the companies have agreed to explore opportunities to promote and enhance Sun technologies, like Java Runtime Environment and the OpenOffice.org productivity suite available at Http://www.openoffice.org
About the Java Software for the Desktop
The Java software for the desktop, also known as the Java Runtime Environment (JRE), is a software package that needs to be installed on a machine in order to run Java technology-based applications. Over 700 million desktop users leverage Java technology today to have a more interactive experience on the web. Users can download the latest version of the Java software for the desktop for free at java.com, and test drive the hottest Java technology-based games and applications.
About the Google Toolbar
The Google Toolbar is a powerful search and web surfing utility that seamlessly integrates with users’ web browsers. It’s available in 34 international languages and supports a built-in word translation that translates English words into other languages. The Google Toolbar is scheduled to be available as a Java Runtime Environment download option in late October.