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Technology Stocks : Microsoft - The Evil empire
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To: Robert Winchell who wrote (102)10/28/1997 2:00:00 PM
From: Bearded One  Read Replies (1) of 1600
 
That's right: "modify, adapt and create Derivative Works".

Now, somebody explain how what MS did was illegal in changing their Java implementation.

Then they should call what they have a "derivative" of Java rather than Java.
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