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MS Must Ship Java With Windows Within 120 Days

Posted by timothy on from the but-at-least-it's-not-micromanagement dept.

Suppafly writes "Cnet is reporting that a federal judge on Wednesday ordered Microsoft to begin shipping Sun Microsystems' Java with the Windows operating system within 120 days, after the companies fought over implementing a ruling he made last month."

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  1. Its about time by psycht · · Score: 5, Informative

    Its been hell trying to suport end users with our web tool, that is java based, and having to walk them though installing/downloading java from Sun's site.

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    1. Re:Its about time by The_K4 · · Score: 5, Informative

      Actually it sounds like they will be required to put it into XP SP2. Now that's a download/install of it's own, but this isn't just about new installs. Here's the real fun part of this, everytime Sun releases a new JAVA MS will be REQUIRED to include it in the next SP. SO if you don't use java at all, you will still be required to download and in stall it if you want the latest security patches in the newest SP.

    2. Re:Its about time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

      The version in SP1 is the prehistoric semi-proprietary Java VM that MS stopped shipping a year or two back, with no updates. What they're required to ship is the latest Sun Java VM.

    3. Re:Its about time by catbutt · · Score: 4, Informative

      A couple days ago they supposedly negotiated all the details of this with each other and the judge:

      http://news.com.com/2100-1001-980631.html

      "Both Sun and Microsoft submitted written proposals Monday, suggesting exactly which of Microsoft's software titles would have to carry or support Java, in what timeframe the order would be carried out and other details."

      Apparently all we really know yet is the time frame, not yet the specifics of how it will be installed.

  2. Do your Homework by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    All of you that "feel bad" for Microsoft need to remember that this is happening because MS broke a binding agreement with Sun.

  3. The Bigger Microsoft News Today by telstar · · Score: 3, Informative

    I know this may get modded as Offtopic, but it's the bigger news story for both Microsoft and the tech industry today:

    "Microsoft sets dividend, stock split"

    Microsoft is the last of the Dow 30 to start paying a dividend, and paves the way for other tech companies that have held out paying dividends. Should be an interesting morning in trading for MSFT.