Treffer: Java preps dive into real-time role.

The article states that for several years now, real-time versions of Java from smaller companies such as Aonix, Aicas and Apogee Software have jousted for market share. Now, large companies such as Sun Microsystems Inc. and IBM Corp. are starting to field technology aimed at the real-time Java market, often working with large customers in the military-aerospace arena. In robots and industrial control, in fiber-optic switches, telematics and set-top boxes, Java is beginning to inch its way into markets that were traditionally dominated by C-based code. Earlier this year, Venture Development surveyed about 500 embedded developers, and only 9 percent said that their current project would include a Java Virtual Machine.