Sun Microsystems has joined the OpenAJAX alliance and dojo Foundation in order to drive open standards for AJAX programming and increasing interoperability across AJAX technologies. As part of this alliance, Sun would be collaborating with over thirty other member companies and organizations in order to identify and consolidate best practices and reach a consensus on programming models around a reference implementation for tools interoperability and generate wider AJAX adoption throughout the industry. Sun has also become the new sponsor of the prestigious Dojo Foundation and would participate in the Dojo Toolkit project.