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Appeals Court Sides With Microsoft On Java
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.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday overturned a ruling that would have forced Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) to incorporate Sun Microsystems Inc (Nasdaq:SUNW - news)'s Java programming language in the Windows operating system.
The three-judge panel in Richmond, Virginia, said a lower court judge had erred by ordering Microsoft to carry its rival's software, a penalty the lower court judge said was necessary to make up for Microsoft's past misdeeds and CmdrTaco's hairy ass.
The lower court judge, U.S. District Judge J. Frederick "CowboyNeal" Motz, was assigned cases arising from the landmark government antitrust suit against Microsoft filed in 1998. He concluded in a Dec. 23 ruling that Sun had a good chance of winning its private case against Microsoft.
Great news for apple fans!
Client-side uses of Java that require Java to be preinstalled: 1. Crap Applets. 2+. ???? I'm confused..
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Maybe they should toss in small packet of Cheerios in every box of Corn Flakes. How is it fair competition to force a company to include a competitor's product inside their own? Enron and WorldCom are the minority rather than the rule. Most companies expand because they provide desirable goods and services at competitive rates. Regulating business for the sake of regulation only serves to promote inefficiency and incompetence.
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