Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
Ummm, the burden of proof is on the Microsoft apologists, thanks. Microsoft was *convicted* of abusing its power. Sun was not.
No, but Sun has settled numerous times. And they weren't convicted of anything to do with patents, so I'm not sure how that matters.
Since the code is now released, you can rewrite the Java/JVM code to go *around* any patent. You can't do that with the CLR.
You've heard of Mono, yes? Why can't you rewrite Mono to "go around" any patent?
(Incidentally, I'm pretty sure you never litigated any software patents, or you wouldn't be quite so flip about it.)
Pretty much. As long as Java/JVM remains a viable alternative, Microsoft will leave the open source CLR/.Net people alone. The moment CLR/.Net becomes the dominant player, then they'll cut them off.
I fail to see how that makes any business sense. In any case, who would they sue?
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