Oracle has rolled out a comprehensive scheme to incorporate the Java programming language, highlighting its cross-platform benefits and potential as a server-side programming tool that can be incorporated into the company\'s Network Computing Architecture (NCA) vision. Whatever that means.

\"The NC is a computer that runs a browser. That\'s it - that\'s the definition,\" Ellison said. \"The Internet is network computing. What we\\\'re really promoting is the architecture, not the NC. Your personal computer is currently in the process of mutating to a network computer,\" he added.

Company executives also disclosed a forthcoming server-side Java engine dubbed Project Aurora that will focus on adding database, networking, and fault-tolerant capabilities to the basic server-side Enterprise JavaBeans tools. The company has even named its strategy \"300 percent pure Java\" to highlight where it sees Java playing: on the client, within applications, and in conjunction with back-end data servers. \"What Oracle is trying to do with 300 percent Java is finish the Java development environment.\" Better put the kettle on then.

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