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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.
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.
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Sun: You've licensed Java; you can distribute it, but you can't modify it.
Microsoft: Yes, we can; we're Microsoft.
Judge: Now you have to distribute it.
Microsoft: No, we don't; we're Microsoft.
Microsoft's "move" is to today replace Windows XP Service Pack 1 with a version without a JVM, and in June to also offer a version of the service pack with Sun's JVM. So far as I can tell, even in June, XP users who've already installed the service pack won't be able to get Sun's JVM from Microsoft, unless they re-install SP1 using the new version (if they're even able to do so).
Windows Server 2003, formerly Windows XP Server, is (according to Microsoft) "not impacted by the District Court's order and will include neither the Microsoft Virtual Machine nor Sun's JRE."
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