Take one radical idea: Jini, the latest software brainchild of Sun Microsystems' cofounder, Bill Joy.

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Here is a piece he wrote, along with Bill Joy, for the Forbes 90th anniversary edition.

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That's joyful news from Bill Joy, the Sun guru whom McNealy credits with bringing Jini to fruition.

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Jini, the work of Bill Joy, a Sun co-founder and one of the fathers of Java, promises to allow computing appliances to connect instantly into a universal network.

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This one comes from Bill Joy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems.

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Bill was just a joy and I feel honoured that I knew him and to have called him a friend.

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