Darren New([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 02:36:57PM -0700: > SJS wrote: > > >I'd trust Sun to be less malicious than Microsoft. > > OK. Are you sure Sun's JVM isn't violating Microsoft's patents? > Do you really think Sun wouldn't sue Microsoft if .NET violated > Sun's patents? >
Sun sued MS for modifying the JVM source code and won. IIRC, this is the reason .NET exists. I'd be surprized if .NET doesn't step on Sun's patents in some way. How is Sun going to find this out, though? Not that it's impossible, but would it be worth the time, effort, and expense? Wade Curry syntaxman -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
