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

    Which dipshit customer requested the mandatory authentication in XP?

  2. 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.

  3. 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