<s>
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Liquid	I-Operating_System
Motion	I-Operating_System
was	O
a	O
product	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
to	O
create	O
Java	B-Language
animations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
beta	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1998	O
,	O
and	O
version	O
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
soon	O
thereafter	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Liquid	B-Operating_System
Motion	I-Operating_System
created	O
Java-based	O
animations	O
,	O
they	O
were	O
cross-platform	O
and	O
browser-independent	O
.	O
</s>
