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To: mozek who wrote (8436)	6/13/1998 12:19:00 AM
From: Bearded One	Read Replies (2) of 74651

Your example of Netscape proves my point. Netscape did all those things and Sun didn't launch a lawsuit. As I said, adding API's is not against the contract. As for the APIs Netscape didn't implement, Netscape has stated their intention to implement all of them-- in direct opposition to Microsoft which stated their intention to not implement several of them. Furthermore, Netscape did not modify the language by adding keywords, nor did Netscape make changes to Sun's API, specifically the sun.* heirarchy. As far Sun's merging of the IFC into the JFC, it was only partial, has nothing to do with any breach of any contract (you're allowed to add API's, remember?), and unlike Microsoft with MFC, Netscape published the source code of IFC for anyone to use. So yes, it is clear that Sun and Netscape have better relations than Sun and Microsoft. That does not invalidate Microsoft's obligations with regards to their contract with Sun. Remember-- Microsoft chose to license Java from Sun. They choose to implement a JVM and install Java in IE. At any point they can stop doing this. They can't just arbitrarily do whatever they want just because they and Sun are competing.

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