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Sun Files Suit Against Microsoft for Anti-Trust Violations

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the scott-and-bill-finally-make-it-to-the-shark-tank dept.

Herve writes "Sun Microsystems announced it has filed a private antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation. The suit, filed March 8, 2002 in the United States District Court in San Jose, CA., seeks remedies for the harm inflicted by Microsoft's anticompetitive behavior with respect to the Java[tm] platform and for damages resulting from Microsoft's illegal efforts to maintain and expand its monopoly power. In June 2001, the Federal Court of Appeals found Microsoft guilty of illegally abusing its monopoly power with respect to Sun and the Java platform. Sun's suit seeks to redress the competitive and economic harm caused by Microsoft's illegal acts."

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  1. yawn. by llamalicious · · Score: 1, Funny

    yet another MS lawsuit...
    what took them so long?

    1. Re:yawn. by ShadeARG · · Score: 2, Funny
      > what took them so long?

      Did you see the size of those PDFs?
  2. Well, it's obvious by ch-chuck · · Score: 3, Funny

    that the DOJ has gotten 'orders' from higher-ups in the executive branch to "Let Msft Be free to Innovate" and get govt off the backs of big business.

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  3. nice url by panopticon · · Score: 1, Funny

    how about

    http://www.sun.com/sticksittomicrosoft/

  4. And in other news... by slow_flight · · Score: 2, Funny

    pot calls kettle black.

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  5. so to summarize... by AdamBa · · Score: 2, Funny
    First Sun sued to require Microsoft to remove Java from Windows, now they are suing to require Microsoft to put it back in?

    Hmmf. The AOL lawsuit is going to result in Microsoft putting Netscape's management on trial to show that they caused Navigator to tank...and this trial is going to result in Microsoft putting Sun's management on trial to show that they caused Java to go astray.

    Forget the XFL...NBC should sell tickets to the software industry.

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  6. Engaged in copyright infringement by jhines0042 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Engaged in copyright infringement (violation of 17 U.S.C. 501).

    Wait, you mean someone at Microsoft downloaded an MP3?

    ::DUCKING::

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  7. Re:Boys be Boys by spyderbyte23 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Dismiss my opinions as you will, but please give this article some thought.
    I am sure this was unintentional irony, but that article is illegible(microscopic fonts) in Netscape on a Macintosh. So I'd like to give the article some thought, but it appears that choosing an alternative platform is not an option.

    Gosh, it's almost as though the Microsoft monopoly had a deleterious effect on consumers.

    (Yes, I do know how to fix this. Just thought it should be pointed out.)

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  8. Yeah, they did. by Ho-Lee-Cow! · · Score: 2, Funny
    You start by taking the current version, apply the patches for all the known holes, and then put it in a fancy new box and tell your sales force to lie, cheat, and steal to get it on every machine possible. Those who do not assimilate are destroyed.

    Meaning, that the next 3 versions don't have a -prayer- of being secure.

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  9. Re:...and more by Jondor · · Score: 1, Funny

    >PS: let's just consider the fact that everyone is
    >already familiar with the 'mozilla bloat'
    >jokes/comments and we don't need to rehash
    >them :)

    Mozilla bloaded? With IE i ask for a browser and I get a complete OS to go with it.. How's that for bloated..

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  10. Re:The meaning of treble damages by LoseNotLooseGuy · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, let's say that Microsoft looses two major cases

    While I completely agree that Microsoft wields far too much power, I don't believe they have the means to let loose or release any cases against them. On the other hand, they could potentially fail to win their cases. The word you were looking for is loses.

    Congratulations! You have been participant #50 in my campaign to rid Slashdot of this error.

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  11. Re:2 points people seem to have missed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You're incredibly original with that second thought. Tell me, did you conceive your great ideas through divine inspiration, or through great study?

    There is absolutely no reason why Microsoft should be forced to include Java with the OS.