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MS Must Ship Java With Windows Within 120 Days
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."
.... Java ships with Windows.
What if Linux were the monopoly operating system out there? What if it had a 95% market share and Microsoft/Apple had the other 5%? All you pro-linux people would of course say that it is because linux is the superior OS, its the easiest and most productive for consumers and all that. So what if Microsoft went to court to force linux to include .Net support?
You fools never think about the reversed situations. You only like it when the courts are used against your competetion and then you somehow rationalize it in your little minds to make yourselves feel better.
Get a clue and join reality.
Should AOL cds have to include a copy of every other little ISP's installation software? Isnt AOL leveraging their monopoly and cash reserves to squeeze out other ISPs by shipping out millions of their cds?
Should GM have to include Sony radio/cd players in their cars? Isnt GM forcing consumers to use their GM radios when they buy a car? Why shouldnt Sony be given an equal chance to have that consumer use a Sony radio? Should we include radios from every manufacturer in new cars and let the consumer choose which they want to use?
The great trumpeter Al Hirt played a catchy tune called Java - you can listen to a few bars here
try { do() || do_not(); } catch (JediException err) { yoda(err); }
Of course, Debian isn't an abusive monopoly
Okay then, look at it from the opposite direction. How would you like if the court ordered Microsoft to include Debian as part of the standard install? What if they had to include *every* Linux distro? And the BSDs? And every potential competing product in existance, free, open or otherwise?
This ruling requires a company to ship its competitors product. This is bad juju, plain and simple. Don't let your hatred of Microsoft destroy your rationality.
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