Java gets thrown out of Windows

bobbi · 06-26-2003, 09:12 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court Thursday overturned a ruling that would have forced Microsoft Corp. to incorporate Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java programming language in the Windows operating system.

The three-judge panel in Richmond, Virginia, said a lower court judge had erred by ordering Microsoft to carry its rival's software, a penalty the lower court judge said was necessary to make up for Microsoft's past misdeeds.

At the same time, the appeals judges upheld a lower court ruling that Microsoft had broken a 2001 legal settlement between the companies and infringed on Sun's copyrights. They sent the case back to the lower-court judge, U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz, for further proceedings.
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Motz was assigned cases arising from the landmark government antitrust suit against Microsoft filed in 1998. He concluded in a Dec. 23 ruling that Sun had a good chance of winning its private case against Microsoft.

Sun, based in Santa Clara, California, accuses Microsoft of trying to sabotage Java, which can run on a variety of operating systems, because it threatens the dominance of the Windows system.

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http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/26/tech...ex.htm?cnn=yes

Alpha · 06-26-2003, 11:28 PM

Can't they all just get along?

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bobbi NamePros Regular Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 650	Java gets thrown out of Windows WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court Thursday overturned a ruling that would have forced Microsoft Corp. to incorporate Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java programming language in the Windows operating system. The three-judge panel in Richmond, Virginia, said a lower court judge had erred by ordering Microsoft to carry its rival's software, a penalty the lower court judge said was necessary to make up for Microsoft's past misdeeds. At the same time, the appeals judges upheld a lower court ruling that Microsoft had broken a 2001 legal settlement between the companies and infringed on Sun's copyrights. They sent the case back to the lower-court judge, U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz, for further proceedings. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/the-break-room/14908-java-gets-thrown-out-of-windows.html Motz was assigned cases arising from the landmark government antitrust suit against Microsoft filed in 1998. He concluded in a Dec. 23 ruling that Sun had a good chance of winning its private case against Microsoft. Sun, based in Santa Clara, California, accuses Microsoft of trying to sabotage Java, which can run on a variety of operating systems, because it threatens the dominance of the Windows system. Full story here: http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/26/tech...ex.htm?cnn=yes

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