[oxfordgamers] Re: Victory for Sun

Good news indeed, I don't think much of Microsoft's Java Machine.  Strangely
I have problems trying to use it with Netscape, but IE is very happy with
it.

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> From:         CWilson@xxxxxxxx
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> Sent:         Thursday, December 26, 2002 12:59 PM
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> Subject:      [oxfordgamers] Victory for Sun
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> Microsoft has been court-ordered to cease the distribution of its Java
> Virtual Machine (JVM) and will have to begin including Sun's official JVM.
> This is a major victory for Sun.
> 
> For those who are not familiar with the whole issue, it comes down to some
> basic statements:
> 1.  Sun invented Java.
> 2.  Sun makes a JVM for many different operating systems.
> 3.  Theoretically, you need only write a Java program once and it will run
> on any JVM, regardless of the OS underneath.
> 4.  This is a threat to Microsoft.
> 5.  Microsoft added incompatibilities ("features" as Microsoft put it) so
> that Java program written from it would only work in Windows.
> 6.  The court found Microsoft guilty of this and has ordered them to
> distribute the official Sun Java.
> 
> Microsoft has its own plan for write-once, run-anywhere and it is .Net,
> and
> they did not like the idea of Java threatening that.
> 
> This is a good ruling for developers, too.
> 
> -w
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