Networking: GM, GE embracing Java

CHICAGO, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- General Motors Corp. is embracing Java-based technologies -- hoping to drive down decisively the cost of integrating network applications used in manufacturing, purchasing, sales, marketing and even engineering, experts told UPI's Networking. The GM decision -- along with a deal disclosed during the first week in August by General Electric Co. -- signals the mainstream corporate acceptance of Java. By Gene Koprowski