Kodak Wins $1 Billion Java Lawsuit

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday October 3, 2004 @03:20AM from the shake-them-like-a-poloroid-picture dept.

nberardi writes "The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle is reporting that Eastman Kodak Company has just won a patent suit against Sun on the Java Language. According to the article Kodak owns a patent which describes a way for a piece of software to "ask for help" from another application. What they are claiming is that Sun violates this patent when Java byte code uses the Java engine to run the code. This may really upset the industry, because not only Sun uses this technology for Java but Microsoft uses this technology in .Net."

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Re:WTF? Kodak?! The camera people? by websaber · 2004-10-03 06:10 · Score: 0, Flamebait

The .Net thing aside bill gates is thrilled. Fianlly a new villian to take the heat off.

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Re:Monsanto (check your facts) by telstar · 2004-10-04 06:56 · Score: 0, Flamebait
"Historically, they are the company that brought us DDT"
- I though that was "Jake-the-Snake Roberts" that brought us the DDT...