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SAN FRANCSICO — Sun Microsystems is rolling out a new and speedier version of its real-time Java software. The Sun Java Real Time Systems 2.0 promises latencies of just a few hundred microseconds.

Java has become the preferred programming language in the traditional information-technology domain. That's because it offers improved developer productivity, greater software reuse, lower ...

SAN FRANCISCO--Sun Microsystems released its "real-time" version of Java this week, software designed for devices that must be able to respond to high-priority events. Sun's Java Real-Time System runs ...