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Microsoft Ordered to Carry Java

Posted by timothy on from the macro-management dept.

An anonymous reader was the 17,232th person to submit that "Microsoft has been ordered to include Sun's Java runtime in Windows. Coverage from AP (via Yahoo), Reuters (via news.com), and, let's say, the BBC."

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  1. Microsoft to include a patch! by Valiss · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I bet they'll find a way to screw up the inclusion of Java thereby making it necessary for you to d/l a service pack to fix it bi-weekly.

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  2. That's it? by I+Am+The+Owl · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    I think it's an outrage that something like Java gets to be put into Windows at M$'s expense, and we still have to deal with the crappy Windows interface.

    Let's face it, they stole it from Apple. When will they be forced to use their own interface? Sheesh, even free projects like KDE and Gnome have been able to come up with their own look and feel. How hard could it be for a commercial software company with full time programmers?

    And when does Apple get paid reparations for this theft of look and feel? I just think that if Sun gets theirs, Apple should be able to, too.

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  3. Re:That's ludicrous by geekoid · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    No, but /. posters should at least have some basic understanding about the article before responding.

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  4. Re:I dont get this... by greenrd · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Congratulations: Incorrect, Irrelevant and Illogical - all in one sentence! If Slashdot had decent moderation categories your post would be at -3 by now.

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  5. Re:But I don't want Java! by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    But I don't want Java!

    Then remove it and quit whining. Settings->Control Panel->Add Remove Programs->Click, click, done.

    I don't want .NET either, any more than I wanted Internet Explorer, but I suspect the .NET runtime isn't going to show up in "Add/Remove Programs", will it? I'll need Ed Felten to come over to my house if I want to get rid of .NET.

  6. to the naysayers... by MegaFur · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    <rant>
    For all of the "Microsoft apologists" proclaiming that this ruling unfairly punishes M$ and to all of you saying that this treatment would not be accepted if it were applied to some other company: you're right.
    However, There's one itty, bitty, teensy, weensy thing you seem to be forgetting...

    Microsoft is a

    MONOPOLY!

    If you don't know what that means, LOOK IT UP! Among other things, it implies that M$ is not entitled to the same treatment or protections as other corporations, nor should it be. To try and say, "M$ is just another corporation" is insane. Please, if you're going to argue against this ruling, find something else as a basis.
    </rant>

    P.S. If you don't understand why a monopoly deserves special treatment, you should study your history books more closely.,

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  7. Re:Is it the same one you can download from Sun? by The+Bungi · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Hi there, AC! Boy, that was some piece of insight you provided!! Does your method get rid of the control panel entry? The registry settings? Nooo? Wow!

    So, next time, perhaps you could log in and post like a "Linux man" and perhaps I can make you look even more ridiculous!