Browser be gone: it's the Java run-time environment

JavaSoft will announce the Java run-time environment (JRE) this week, afree package that includes the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and JavaDevelopment Kit 1.1 (JDK). The JRE allows Java applications to run and bestored directly on the client's computers and obviates the need for a Webbrowser. This approach is similar to Microsoft's run-time libraries forVisual Basic, which have filenames such as "VBRUN300.DLL.