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Java Thrown Back in Windows, For Now

Posted by timothy on from the refenestration dept.

darnellmc writes: "According to this News.com article, Microsoft has decided to include their JVM in the next Windows XP service pack. They are doing this in an attempt to avoid Sun's recent lawsuit against them for anti-trust violations. I wonder if the recent decision allowing the nine states' suit to continue had anything to do with this? Of course it did. MS plans not to have the JVM in future versions of Windows though."

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  1. BIG FAT HAIRY DEAL by furiousgeorge · · Score: 3, Flamebait

    I'm sure i'll get modded down, but whatever.

    If you've ever used XP things are pretty damn simple. Go to a site that uses java .... up pops a window saying "you need a java VM - wanna download one?" Say yes --- it's downloaded from MS and life goes on. Same thing with flash or a bazillion other plugins.

    Java was never 'blocked' or 'disabled'. They just didn't ship it on the CD's.

    Christ -- don't we have anything REALLY important to report on?