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Appeals Court Sides With Microsoft On Java

Posted by michael on from the sweet-and-light dept.

burgburgburg writes "Reuters reports that the three-member federal appeals court in Virginia ruled today the U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz erred when he ordered Microsoft to include Java with the Windows operating system. Fortunately, Dell and HP, the top 2 PC makers, have already decided to ship Java on the PCs that they sell. Apple, Red Hat and Lindows have also agreed to include Sun's Java." The ruling is available.

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  1. Transcript of Microsoft's closing argument. by L.+VeGas · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In case it gets slashdotted.

    MS: But I don't like Java in my Longhorn!

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  2. Re:Hate to say I agree, but... by geekee · · Score: 2, Redundant

    "Maybe we should ask Microsoft why they felt that IBM, who was working with Linux, should be required to ship Windows, a competing product, with their systems?"

    MS didn't use the govt. to do this. They merely negotiated a contract. Sun on the other hand, thinks it right to get the govt. to point a gun at a competitor to get what they want. There's a big difference.

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  3. Re:wrong? you must live in an ideal world by yaphadam097 · · Score: 1, Redundant
    Perhaps you really mean fascism and not communism?

    If it were communism, then the entire economy would be controlled by a single entity without even the illusion of competition. Fascism is significantly more dangerous, because its economic policies are driven by a central government which controls industry through legislation. Competition still exists, in theory, but the government gets to decide who competes and who doesn't. Sound familiar?