Actually that's not true. Sun sued Microsoft over changes they made in thier implementation of the Java Language not the JVM. At issue were things like the Microsoft only delegate keyword that did not exist on other platforms.
When one of your selling points is "write once, run everywhere" you don't want one of your licensees adding new keywords to your language.
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Actually that's not true. Sun sued Microsoft over changes they made in thier implementation of the Java Language not the JVM. At issue were things like the Microsoft only delegate keyword that did not exist on other platforms.
When one of your selling points is "write once, run everywhere" you don't want one of your licensees adding new keywords to your language.