IW: Has the Java platform outlasted Java language. Are we going to see more scripting languages and the like on the Java Virtual Machine rather than people just sticking strictly to using the Java language?

Green: I think that's a really good point. And, in fact, at Sun's first instance of our 9th annual season of Sun Tech Days, I and others discussed the fact that we'll be heading towards a model in which the virtual machine will be a platform upon which others can host new frameworks and new languages in addition to Java. And I just think this is of value. As we see more people innovating at the language level and at the framework level, they are forced to produce virtual machine technology that is not nearly as mature and robust as the Java VM. And so we'll be offering up that platform as a vehicle to promote the development of new languages in addition to Java. So we still see the number of developers migrating to Java growing all the time, the numbers are very positive. The number of developers, as I said, doubled in 2006. But there's more that people want to do, we have great technology to foster that work, and we're doing it.

IW: Are there any other specific areas of focus you have at Sun right now?

Green: Well, you know, as I said, I think that we've also seen enormous growth and we're seeing sort of a redoubling of focus in our middleware area, whether it's the Java Enterprise System or solutions directly powered by the Java CAPS SOA technology and our identity program. The real dramatic business increase that we're seeing is all around identity. In particular, the push up to increasing amount of distributed network computing solutions, software-as-a-service base activities, SarbOx and Homeland Security compliance, are all driving people to provide a very robust, very scalable identity, identity management, and identity-provisioning solution in all these areas. We have the No. 1 rated product by analysts in that space, in our identity solution as well as our SOA technology. And it's a huge area of interest in the industry and a big success for Sun.

IW: How is the interoperability arrangement with Microsoft going and is Sun making any special provisions for the upcoming Windows Vista operating system?