The JavaTM 2 platform, Standard Edition (J2SETM) has revolutionized computing with the introduction of a stable, secure and feature-complete development and deployment environment designed from the ground up for the Web. It provides cross-platform compatibility, safe network delivery, and smartcard to supercomputer scalability. It provides software developers with a platform for rapid application development, making it possible to deliver products to market in Internet time. It defies traditional software development and deployment models by delivering on the promise of cross-platform compatibility. In addition to these features, the release of J2SE version 1.3 delivers momentous performance gains and improved Web deployment for enterprise-grade, client-side applets and applications written in the Java programming language.
