On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 12:35 PM, robogeek <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > "Sun sued MS for *not* including the type of Java they wanted > distributed. " -- Please learn your history. Sun sued MS for > violating the contract and shipping a thing they claimed was Java but > did not match the Java specification. It's clear from the rest of > your writing you want Java to be Java on every platform but MS > basterdised it and if they had been successful you'd be bitching today > about how writing to MS's Java means your code is unportable just like > writing to Internet Exploiter today also makes your code unportable. > http://www.betanews.com/article/Sun_Sues_Microsoft_Seeks_Over_1_Billion/1015645186 "Microsoft announced it would remove Java support<http://www.betanews.com/article.php3?sid=995437110>last summer due to previous settlement terms with Sun, which allowed the software giant to only ship an older version of the programming language. Unprepared for such a move, Sun lashed out<http://www.betanews.com/article.php3?sid=995508810>at Microsoft for hurting the development community and said it would offer a special Java download for Windows XP users. Unfortunately, the update has not had the mainstream acceptance the company had hoped." The 'violating the contract' lawsuit was/is wholly separate from the 'you're harming us by not including Java on MS'. -- Michael Kimsal http://michaelkimsal.com 919.827.4724 - Skype 919.455.8488 - Cell --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
