Keen to get its Java language and HotJava Internet browser technology off the starting blocks, Sun Microsystems Inc, has revealed who its earliest users are. Mitsubishi Electric Corp, working on embedded systems, has been working with Java for two years at its Sunnyvale, California site, while Fuji Xerox Ltd in Kanagama, Japan, has had it since July 1994. Andersen Consulting, Palo Alto was an alpha user of HotJava, and says it has a variety of projects on the go that span the financial, telecommunications and publishing industries. CompuServe Inc’s Internet division, based in Columbus, Ohio, plans to support Java applets from its Mosaic browser once its Windows95 release is out the door. Sun partner and investor Eastman Kodak Co, which runs the Eastman Exchange and Kodak Picture Exchange on-line services for digital stock photography and motion picture productions, plans to use HotJava to deliver state-of-the-art imaging services. Others using HotJava include content providers Dimension X Inc and HotWired Inc, both located in San Francisco, Starwave Inc of Seattle, Washington, and advertising companies Foote, Cone & Belding, San Francisco and MediaShare Corp of San Diego.
