MS Moves Deliberately On Java Ruling

Darwin X writes "So, Microsoft will finally put Sun's JRE into future versions of Windows. This article talks about how they're taking the steps to make this happen. The fun part of it is that Microsoft has released a statement that said Windows Customers are NOT required to update their machines with this. Ah, yes...gotta keep it all MS in the house..." Update: 02/03 23:07 GMT by T : However, according to this report on News.com, Microsoft has may be able to backtrack anyhow -- they've gotten a stay from the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, meaning the earlier order to ship Java with Windows doesn't apply, for now.

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Microsoft also says:

They don't have a monopoly.

They don't have security problems, only lazy customers.

They don't think you should worry about giving them your information.

They don't think 95, 98, 2000, or XP is proprietary.

And the grand daddy of them all, they don't think you need anything but automatic update to keep your system secure.