Sun Microsystems require that technologies like its JavaFX Script scripting language , and JavaFX Mobile software for mobile gimmick will help bridge the digital watershed .
“ We intend that the cell phone is the primary way folks will reach the Internet for the first fourth dimension , ” Scott McNealy , the fellowship ’s co - founder and chairman , told newsperson in Bangalore during a group discussion call Wednesday .
Sun previewed JavaFX Script , a Java scripting language for create subject and program , at the JavaOne group discussion in San Francisco this hebdomad . JavaFX applications will run on desktop web browser app and JavaFX Mobile , which was also preview at JavaOne . The integrated software for wandering phones will glower costs of phones , Sun tell .
The digital water parting will not get solved with mainframe and PCs , but with slight client computing , computer software - as - a - divine service , great centralized grids , Java - enabled phones , and undefended - source software system and microprocessor engineering , and Sun is well - placed in these orbit , McNealy said .
sharpen on bridge the digital divide can be profitable , agree to McNealy . The roll out of services by telecommunications services companies , Internet armed service providers ( ISPs ) , and cable operators , and digital divide projects by government can translate into a food market opportunities for Sun ’s business organisation in IT infrastructure , he enunciate .
McNealy , who is in India next calendar week , plans to gather with Native American governing officials , third - political party developers and organisation integrator in a bid to drum up support for its open - source software and for Curriki.org , a world online education project that was spin out of Sun and is biotic community evolve and stick out .
“ We are blab to the schools , government , and some of the heavy systems integrator in India about focalise the mental object for the local language in India , ” said McNealy , who is a found married person of the Curriki undertaking .
Sun spun off its Global Education & Learning Community ( GELC ) last twelvemonth as an independent , non - profit organization to focus on build a depositary of syllabus stuff and to create an online community for this repository . The organization changed its name to Curriki last year .
The heading of the Curriki project is to offer a computer address implementation that can be alter to meet local demand such as local certificate banner , McNealy said . Curriki also project to offer an online web browser app - based curriculum and a testing architecture for scholarly person to test themselves on the curriculum , he added .
The web site , which went live in December , presently has 3,000 posted item and about 35,000 file contributors and users .
“ Our biggest challenge right now is raising money from ministries of training , and from other organizations and individuals who want to see this devoid and exposed source content get recrudesce and enhanced , ” McNealy say .
