Where will Jini be useful?
Jini is intended to be of general use, applicable in a wide range of distributed systems environments. In the home, it can help simplify the job of “systems administration” sufficiently that non-sophisticated home owners will be able to compose and use a network of consumer devices. In the enterprise, it can make it easier for traditional systems administrators to manage a dynamic network environment. Thus, the home and the enterprise are two major network environments where Jini may make sense, but Jini’s potential is not limited to these environments. Basically, anywhere where there is a network, Jini could potentially provide the plumbing for the distributed systems running on that network. For example, networks are emerging in cars, which nowadays contain many embedded microprocessors. Were you to plug a new CD player into your car, Jini could, for example, enable the user interface for the CD player to come up on your car’s dashboard.
