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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. the MS JVM by Qrlx · · Score: 1, Funny

    The best part about Microsoft's Java implementation is that the word 'java' is nowhere to be seen. It's the "Microsoft(TM) Virtual Machine." I think Microsoft were hoping that Java would go away if they simply don't ever speak the name.

    I was installing some game the other day (I think it was Dungeon Siege) and within the EULA was the standard Java disclaimer about not running it on a nuclear reactor or air traffic control system. It made me chuckle. It also makes me wonder why MS doesn't include the same sort of liability disclaimer for their products. Because if the nuclear reactor is running Windows, I am moving at least 100 miles away.

    1. Re:the MS JVM by bleckywelcky · · Score: 4, Funny



      Um, 100 miles away? Have you ever experienced a Windows crash... when it crashes, it crashes hard, and geez, what crashes. If I knew of a nuclear reactor that operated under Windows, I would move to a different continent. I just hope there aren't six or more reactors operating under Windows, else I would have to move to Antarctica probably.

  2. Hmm... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Which dipshit customer requested the mandatory authentication in XP?

  3. Re: Parrot, anyone? by Black+Parrot · · Score: 1, Funny


    > I'm really looking forward to Parrot as a way to bind Perl and Python together, and to do some of the things that Java was supposed to do.

    I really appreciate the vote of confidence, but I simply don't have time to do all that right now.

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    Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
  4. Hmm.... by smoondog · · Score: 4, Funny

    In this article on SFGate, the MS spokesman said today that they won't support Java after 2004, and here is what he had to say:

    "The decision to remove Microsoft's Java implementation was made because of Sun's strategy of using the legal system to compete with Microsoft," [Microsoft spokesman Jim Cullinan]

    I guess M$ really does like illegal competition....

    -Sean

  5. "Unsure on the concept" Dept by SillySlashdotName · · Score: 1, Funny

    From an article on MSNBC.COM (http://www.msnbc.com/news/768968.asp in case the HTML doesn't render correctly)

    ....Several witnesses appearing in the states' case against Microsoft, including executives of computer maker Gateway, accused the software giant of retaliating against companies that refused Microsoft edicts or helped the government build its antitrust case.

    And

    ....MICROSOFT cited Sun's opposition in the case as the reason for the decision to remove support for Sun's Java programming language from future versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system.

    Some people (and companies) just don't get it, even when slapped in the face.

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    Acts of massive stupidity are almost never covered by warranty. --me.