You can read Sun's claims below... for me it sounds like Sun's claims has merits and will prevail.
http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/microsoft/sun/s unms030802mot.pdf
Since that company destroyed the other company distribution channels using illegal means and abusing monopoly power...
Java's main distribution channel was Netscape Navigator... and MS destroyed that channel bundling illegaly IE into Windows...
Intel was doing some truly fantastic Java work with their optimized implementation of the Java Media Framework. They had participated in the development of the api's, and they had the first and best professional-grade implementation ready long before Sun was even fully prepared to release the spec.
This work was seemingly killed in response to threats from Gates and Ballmer to top Intel management. I remember how rapidly Intel's stance reversed, and when I read the guy's testimony it all came clear.
No doubt this was not the only episode of illegal monopoly maintenance that directly hurt Java developers. We'll all need to see what else comes to light in this new trial.
Why is MS getting all this problems trying to destroy something that doesn't matter??
Because Java can help to dwarf MS monopoly... Yes, it's true Java has problems... but it can be better... MS Windows was horrible until WIN 3.1... or even Windows 95... or to tell the truth... it's horrible until today... but getting better...
I develop software on Java... I use Windows for development and Linux, Solaris and NT to deploy, and WORA (Write once run everywhere) works great for me...
THAT'S WHY MS WANTS TO DESTROY JAVA... BECAUSE JAVA=O.S. ALTERNATIVES
1... SUN NEVER REQUESTED MS TO REMOVE JAVA FROM IE, THEY JUST REQUESTED MS TO SHIP A STANDARD JVM...
2... MS WAS FOUND GUILTY OF ABUSING ITS MONOPOLY POWER AND USING IT (ILLEGALY) TO DESTROY JAVA, NETSCAPE AND OTHERS...
3... IF MS IS GUILTY... THEN SUN HAS **ALL** THE RIGHT BY LAW TO ASK FOR A COMPENSATION ($$$)... THEN, THEY CAN AND HAVE TO DO THAT.
4... MS CONTINUES ABUSING ITS MONOPOLY POWER... AND A GOOD OPTION TO LEVEL THE PLAY FIELD IS TO FORCE MS TO INCLUDE A STANDARD JVM... THEN, WE CAN SEE IF MS TECHNOLOGY IS BETTER BY ITS OWN MEANS THAN SUN'S TECHNOLOGY... JAVA WILL BE JUST ANOTHER OPTION... NOBODY IS GOING TO FORCE YOU TO USE JAVA... BUT IS GOOD -AT LEAST- TO HAVE OPTIONS...
5... SUN CAN **NOT** BUILD A MONOPOLY AROUND JAVA BECAUSE YOU CAN ALWAYS USE A JVM FROM ANOTHER COMPANY... IBM... OR EVEN FROM A COMPANY THAT IS NOT A SUNS LICENSEE... THEN ITS A GOOD REMEDY TO FORCE MS TO SHIP A STANDARD JVM.
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You can read Sun's claims below... for me it sounds like Sun's claims has merits and will prevail. http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/microsoft/sun/s unms030802mot.pdf
Since that company destroyed the other company distribution channels using illegal means and abusing monopoly power... Java's main distribution channel was Netscape Navigator... and MS destroyed that channel bundling illegaly IE into Windows...
Intel was doing some truly fantastic Java work with their optimized implementation of the Java Media Framework. They had participated in the development of the api's, and they had the first and best professional-grade implementation ready long before Sun was even fully prepared to release the spec. This work was seemingly killed in response to threats from Gates and Ballmer to top Intel management. I remember how rapidly Intel's stance reversed, and when I read the guy's testimony it all came clear. No doubt this was not the only episode of illegal monopoly maintenance that directly hurt Java developers. We'll all need to see what else comes to light in this new trial.
Why is MS getting all this problems trying to destroy something that doesn't matter?? Because Java can help to dwarf MS monopoly... Yes, it's true Java has problems... but it can be better... MS Windows was horrible until WIN 3.1... or even Windows 95... or to tell the truth... it's horrible until today... but getting better... I develop software on Java... I use Windows for development and Linux, Solaris and NT to deploy, and WORA (Write once run everywhere) works great for me... THAT'S WHY MS WANTS TO DESTROY JAVA... BECAUSE JAVA=O.S. ALTERNATIVES
1... SUN NEVER REQUESTED MS TO REMOVE JAVA FROM IE, THEY JUST REQUESTED MS TO SHIP A STANDARD JVM... 2... MS WAS FOUND GUILTY OF ABUSING ITS MONOPOLY POWER AND USING IT (ILLEGALY) TO DESTROY JAVA, NETSCAPE AND OTHERS... 3... IF MS IS GUILTY... THEN SUN HAS **ALL** THE RIGHT BY LAW TO ASK FOR A COMPENSATION ($$$)... THEN, THEY CAN AND HAVE TO DO THAT. 4... MS CONTINUES ABUSING ITS MONOPOLY POWER... AND A GOOD OPTION TO LEVEL THE PLAY FIELD IS TO FORCE MS TO INCLUDE A STANDARD JVM... THEN, WE CAN SEE IF MS TECHNOLOGY IS BETTER BY ITS OWN MEANS THAN SUN'S TECHNOLOGY... JAVA WILL BE JUST ANOTHER OPTION... NOBODY IS GOING TO FORCE YOU TO USE JAVA... BUT IS GOOD -AT LEAST- TO HAVE OPTIONS... 5... SUN CAN **NOT** BUILD A MONOPOLY AROUND JAVA BECAUSE YOU CAN ALWAYS USE A JVM FROM ANOTHER COMPANY... IBM... OR EVEN FROM A COMPANY THAT IS NOT A SUNS LICENSEE... THEN ITS A GOOD REMEDY TO FORCE MS TO SHIP A STANDARD JVM.