iTWire - Next-gen Blu-ray "mindblowing" says Gosling

Next-gen Blu-ray "mindblowing" says Gosling

by Stephen Withers
Thursday, 06 March 2008
Page 2 of 2 Most manufacturers of upgradable Blu-ray players have almost finished work on Profile 2 upgrades, he said. Furthermore, people have realised that "Blu-ray players are pretty interesting things even when they don't have a disc in them" as with appropriate programming they could deliver other functions such as acting as an IPTV set-top box. Sun's Java language - originally designed by Gosling - is part of the Blu-ray standard. Apart from designing the Java language and implementing the original compiler and virtual machine, Gosling previously built a multiprocessor version of Unix and the Emacs text editor. He was also lead engineer of the NeWS window system project at Sun. His current role is that of a researcher at Sun labs, focussing on software development tools. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to post your comment! Tags See All Tags Bluray Consumer electronics Digital home Firmware Games IPTV Interactive Internet Stephen Withers Video Get stories like this delivered daily - FREE - subscribe now << First page < 1 2 Next page > Last page - Post your comment >>

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