Seventh Annual Duke's Choice Awards Spotlights 2009's Most Innovative Java Technology Applications

Winners Include Atlassian, Carnegie Mellon University, Grameen Foundation's
Technology Center, Jagex Ltd., ND SatCom, Inc., Perrone Robotics, ReportMill
Software, Inc., Sealite Company, Terracotta, Inc. and Worcester Polytechnic
Institute
SAN FRANCISCO--(Business Wire)--
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced the winners of the seventh
annual Duke's Choice Awards. The Duke's Choice Awards program recognizes the
year's most influential Java(TM) technology-based applications submitted by
developers and companies from around the world. The winners are chosen by Vice
President and Sun Fellow James Gosling, along with a panel of Java technology
experts at Sun. For full details on the winning organizations and their
applications, visit: http://www.java.com/en/dukeschoice/.

"The Duke's Choice Awards highlight the efforts of the Java developer community
and the innovative applications they create. Year after year, the judging
process becomes increasingly difficult as developers from around the world
continue to leverage Java technology in increasingly unique ways," said Gosling.
"The 2009 winners exemplify Java technology's universal success, ranging from
reducing dependence on petroleum-based fuels to object-oriented programming in
education, and from increasing maritime safety to developing open source
technologies to help reach the world's poor."

The Duke's Choice Award winners will be featured in the pavilion at the 2009
JavaOne and CommunityOne conferences, as part of the Change (Y)our World
Playground.

2009 Duke's Choice Awards Winners

Category: Lifetime Achievement Award - Gold Duke
Project: LincVolt
Developer: Perrone Robotics

LincVolt is a 19.5-foot, 2.5-ton 1959 Lincoln Continental convertible that is
making automotive history with an extended range and miles per gallon ratio that
has never been attained in a full size vehicle. LincVolt is a testament to true
innovation, using clean automobile propulsion technology with a vision to
significantly reduce the demand for petroleum-based fuels. LincVolt is built
with robotics technology created for use across platforms and software that
leverages open-source technologies. Java software is used to monitor performance
elements from the car. For more on LincVolt, visit: http://www.lincvolt.com.

Category: Java Technology in Education
Project: Alice
Developer: Carnegie Mellon University

Alice is an innovative teaching tool that provides drag-and-drop style
interaction allowing students to construct programs without syntax errors and
learn the basic concepts of object-oriented programming. The 3D animation
provides a natural program visualization, which helps students understand the
execution of programming while catching logical errors that may arise. Alice is
a one of a kind program that helps students learn the complete Java programming
language and syntax while having fun in the process. Today, it's estimated that
Alice is being used in 10 to 15 percent of U.S. colleges and universities, as
well as a number of high schools and middle schools. Learn more about Alice by
visiting http://www.alice.org.

Category: Best Desktop Game
Project: Runescape
Developer: Jagex Ltd.

Runescape is one of the largest massively multiplayer online games globally, and
is now available in high-devinition. Runescape was created by Jagex Ltd., which
has now launched the FunOrb.com games portal, bringing Java software-based games
of genres to consumers. http://www.jagex.com/.

Category: Java Technology for the Environment
Project: GSM Cell Phone Monitoring and Alarm System
Developer: Sealite Company

Sealite Company's GSM Cell Phone Monitoring and Alarm system utilizes the power
of Java technology for real-time monitoring of marine navigational lanterns
around the world, which are fitted with specific SIM cards. The GSM system is a
low cost, internally integrated system that has reduced maintenance and
servicing costs while improving marine safety. Sealite Company is committed to
creating products that use low levels of power, utilize solar energy and require
little to no maintenance. To learn more about Sealite Company and its products
visit http://www.sealite.com.au.

Category: Java Technology for the Open Source Community
Project: Mifos
Developer: Grameen Foundation's Technology Center

Mifos is an initiative of Grameen Foundation's Technology Center to build an
open source technology platform for the microfinance industry to efficiently and
effectively deliver financial services to the poor and help fight against global
poverty. The Mifos Web-based management information system, aims to increase
access to technology for all microfinance institutions and utilizes Java
Platform Standard Edition 6 (Java SE) in its community-driven platform to
address the size, scalability and reliability requirements needed to reach
billions of people in need. Visit http://www.mifos.org to learn more and become
involved.

Category: Java Technology in Network Solutions
Project: ND SatCom's Network Management System
Developer: ND SatCom, Inc.

With over 25 years of experience in the satellite networks and systems business,
ND SatCom has grown to become one of the leading companies in its field. The
company's Network Management System performs network planning, resource
management and configuration management for defense networks - on the system
level. The system is based on an open and hierarchical architecture that uses
the NetBeans(TM) Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and includes more than
1,000 NetBeans modules. More information on ND SatCom is available at:
http://www.ndsatcom.com/en/.

Category: Java Technology for Developer Solutions
Project: DataBox
Developer: ReportMill Software, Inc.

DataBox is an "Instant Rich Application Builder" that provides all the necessary
tools to easily build and deploy rich Internet applications (RIAs) and Java
applications in just minutes. DataBox is an end-to-end solution with a
user-friendly interface for creating database tables, adding browsers, defining
queries, visually designing Web pages, forms and reports, and deploying to an
applet in any browser. Deployments that used to require multiple tools, a broad
range of skills and a substantial amount of time can be accomplished quickly
with DataBox. Visit: http://www.reportmill.com/ for more information on
ReportMill Software and DataBox.

Category: Java Everywhere!
Project: Terracotta 3.0
Developer: Teracotta, Inc.

Terracotta 3.0 provides an inexpensive and easy way to scale a Java application
to as many computers as needed. It uses Java technology to cluster Java Virtual
Machines (JVM (TM)), which provide a coherent and persistent view of memory and
synchronization across multiple JVM instances. Terracotta 3.0 allows
applications written in simple Java code to be deployed on multiple application
servers for simultaneous high availability and scalability. Since Terracotta 3.0
reduces development time it also lowers the operational and capital cost to
support Web applications. For more information on Terracotta visit:
http://www.terracotta.org/.

Category: Java Technology in Education
Project: FIRST Robotics Project
Developer: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Founded in 1865, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) remains one of the
leaders in technological universities, and prides itself on being one of the
first technological universities of the nation. WPI seeks to apply the knowledge
learned in the classroom to impact society and improve the lives of others. With
the use of open source software such as Java and NetBeans, WPI has established
FIRST Robotics competition, which is designed to help high school students
discover how interesting and rewarding the engineering profession can be.
Faculty and students work across disciplines with one another to research and
help solve the issues that this world faces. To learn more about Worcester
Polytechnic Institute visit http://www.wpi.edu and for more information
regarding the FIRST Robotics competition visit http://first.wpi.edu/FRC.

Category: Java Technology Tools
Project: Clover
Developer: Atlassian

Clover is a Java software code coverage tool with test-level insight, instant
IDE feedback, interactive reports and test optimization. It identifies specific
tests that cover various lines of code and automatically identifies which tests
need to be run to cover any particular changes. provides insight into user
testing by identifying project risks and quick wins.
http://www.atlassian.com/software/clover/.

About 2009 JavaOne Conference

Located at the Moscone Center in San Francisco June 2 - 5, the JavaOne
conference is the definitive venue to highlight the latest implementations,
innovations and success stories in Java technology, scripting languages, Rich
Internet Applications (RIAs), cloud computing, open source and more. Attendees
can get hands-on experience, network with their peers, and have the opportunity
to connect with technology experts and industry leaders.

For more information about the JavaOne conference, visit
http://java.sun.com/javaone; view updates on Twitter:
http://java.sun.com/javaone/2009/twitter.jspr; visit the JavaOne Facebook fan
page at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/JavaOne-Conference/48462650317; or
download the JavaOne Facebook widget:
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