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To: Josh Carroll who wrote (12247)	11/17/1998 7:44:00 PM
From: cheryl williamson	of 74651

Josh, It means that either M$FT complies with the injunction to alter any & all Java code they publish so that it passes SUNW's compatibility tests, or the products involved get yanked from the market. They probably can appeal, but this is the SECOND loss on the same lawsuit. This suit, by the way, is NOT directly tied to statutory contract law. It is more closely associated with what is actually in the contract between SUNW & M$FT. That contract has been read over & over again by all the parties involved in the suit & Judge Whyte has heard all the arguments on both sides. He believes that SUNW is likely to prevail, just as he ruled last spring. Something tells me that M$FT is not going to prevail in an appeal. M$FT is going to have to bite the bullet & comply, and in my estimation, they will. cheers, cherylw PS - This win is also going to boost the DOJ case against Ballmer & Butthead.

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