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D -- DISTRIBUTION SOURCE FOR UPDATE GUARDIAN JAVA SOFTWARE DUE 052200 POC Philip C. Pulver, Contractor 509-943-0656 fax WEB: Click here for more information and a demo., http://www.emsl.pnl.gov:2080/proj/cip/updateGuardian.html. E-MAIL: Click here to email the contact for this notice., philip.pulver@pnl.gov. The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is conducting a survey to identify potential licensees for the marketing and distribution of the Java-based Update Guardian software product developed for the Department of Energy. Update Guardian enables automatic version updates for Java applications via the Internet. The Update Guardian Software, written in 100% Java (Version 1.1.6+, JDK [Sun's Java Development Kit]), is a set of Java classes that provides deployment control of Java applications. When executed as part of the main Java application, Update Guardian will monitor a Web site for updating instructions, and if found, will perform actions such as downloading and installing the latest Jar files for the application. The software can operate on any computer platform including Windows 95/98/2000/NT, Macintosh, Sun Solaris and most other Unix platforms. The software is easily configured, and comes fully compiled and self contained for use with any Java application. Update Guardian utilizes the programming environment of the Java 1.1.6 language (JDK) developed by Sun Microsystems. This software is designed to be easily embedded into any Java (JDK compliant) application (even pre-built applications). Completely separate from any other Java application, Update Guardian does not involve any additional coding by the original application. Developers and distributors of Java applications can readily embed Update Guardian with their existing applications. Interested and qualified firms should respond in writing, postmarked, emailed or faxed no later than May 22, 2000. Posted 04/21/00 (W-SN447719). (0112)

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