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Sun and Google team up to - yawn - support Java
No, Google isn't buying Sun. And Sun isn't buying Google. And Star
Office isn't going to be rebranded Google Office (at least not yet).
What was the big Google/Sun announcement we were all waiting for?
Basically, that Sun will include the Google Toolbar as an optional part
of the downloadable Java Runtime Environment. Given that
JRE isn't exactly a hot download (when was the last time you rushed
over to Sun's site to snag the latest version?), this doesn't exactly
seem like it's going to be a huge deal for Google. Oh, the companies
also "agreed to explore opportunities to promote and enhance Sun
technologies,
like the Java Runtime Environment and the OpenOffice.org productivity
suite." So, we may just see Google Office yet. But not quite as soon as
some had imagined.