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To: cheryl williamson who wrote (8423)	6/12/1998 7:42:00 PM
From: mozek	Read Replies (2) of 74651

Cheryl, Why don't you take a few minutes out of your day (maybe hurl a few less insults or something) and read the Microsoft license agreement for Java. Microsoft is specifically allowed to "extend" the technology so long as it remains compatible with a specific set of that technology. The disagreement is over what that specific set is. Even Sun doesn't have the audacity to claim that it doesn't exist. It's written down on a paper they signed, so they can't deny it, only try to reinterpret it. Sun did not sign the same agreement with Microsoft that they signed with other companies. Microsoft refused to sign their boilerplate agreement that effectively grants Sun license to and ownership of all third party contributions. Microsoft also made it very clear from day one that it intended to extend the runtime and classes to make Java work better with Windows. Java is a language. Unless Sun owns it and it's proprietary, then it's not something you can "steal". Sun just wants to prevent anyone from innovating faster than they can, which BTW isn't too swift. Have a great day, Mike

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