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To: cfimx who wrote (4551)10/14/1997 11:13:00 PM
From: Peter Shaw   of 64865
 
Twister,
regarding your comments on the lawsuit.

>>MSFT happens to believe that they have the right to omit questionable code...<<

From the sound of the lawsuit, MSFT expressly agreed to incorporate all Java API changes and pass the testing suites for the five year licensing period. With SUNW releasing beta versions of JDK upgrades, developers had ample time to provide feedback on "questionable" code lines. On 12/16/96, MSFT publically stated that they would adhere to the specs of JDK 1.1 and subsequently backed off. Furthermore, the extent of malice and deception on MSFT's part is very well documented in the text of the lawsuit. No wonder Sun is asking for a jury trial... the punitive damages could be huge!
Did you read the lawsuit? Have you seen a copy of the Java licensing agreement (both parts)? I have not seen the latter, but Scotty's lawyers make a damn strong case! We all saw MSFT trying to fragment Java so it became another Unix quagmire. That was just tough business, but the deception of being Java compatible spreads damages far beyond the negligible profits being attributed to the free release of IE 4.0! No jury will stand for these practices, but I doubt this thing will ever make it to a courtroom.

Cheers,

Peter Shaw
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