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16-Bit Version of IE 3.01 Adds Java Support

Long-promised Java support is now available in 16-bit versions of Microsoft%squots popular browser.

Microsoft has added Java support to the 16-bit version of its Internet Explorer browser, company officials announced. Internet Explorer 3.01 for Windows 3.1 and Windows NT 3.51 features an integrated Java virtual machine and is now available for free download from Microsoft%squots Web site.

The 32-bit version of IE already supports Java, and last year Microsoft promised Windows 3.1 users that it would add Java support to the 16-bit version. According to one analyst, the company needed to stay competitive with Netscape, which now offers Java support in a beta version of its Navigator browser for Windows 3.1. But for corporate users, the majority of whom have yet to migrate their desktops to Windows 95 or NT Workstation 4.0, the ability to run Java applets in a browser won%squott be a crucial feature until 1998.

%dquotHaving Java capability isn%squott key for most companies [with Windows 3.1 desktops] because they don%squott have Java applications out there,%dquot said Tom Rhinelander, an analyst at Forrester Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts. %dquotThe people who are experimenting with Java today have Windows 95 and NT on their desktops.%dquot

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