Today at JavaOne, Sun announces the Java Store, an online community where developers can publish and download Java applications for world wide access. Currently in Beta, it will be available later this year.

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James Gosling was onstage to announce it with a nifty T-shirt “Turning Labors of Love into Day Jobs”.

The store features several initial applications, where you can drag and drop applications out of the store to install them. A new store front with advanced features is planned to roll out soon as well.

The general concept is that developers with good ideas should be able to deploy applications to a world-wide audience without having to form companies, buy hardware, and incur large costs.