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Sun rises with Jini, big quarter

Sun will let Jini out of the bottle Monday, part of an aggressive connection strategy. The company also beat earnings estimates and announced a stock split.

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Sun will let Jini out of the bottle Monday, part of an aggressive connection strategy. The company also beat earnings estimates and announced a stock split.

Sun's Jini jousts with rivals
news analysis Jini will be formally unveiled on Monday, while Microsoft and others push their own vision of a way to connect devices anywhere.

Sun beats estimates, splits stock
update The company posts earnings of 67 cents per share on revenues of $2.8 billion, $400 million more than year-ago period, and says it expects to announce a stock split in April.

Sun preps Jini management software
If Jini takes hold, the company says it has the networking software to manage all the devices that will use the technology.

Sun, Sony, Philips wiring homes
The companies say their objective is to make devices using Sun's Jini technology communicate with digital "home appliances" made by the other two.