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To: bob who wrote (12417)	12/7/1998 11:40:00 AM
From: QwikSand	Read Replies (2) of 64865

If there's any validity to this whole Cringeley premise, which I doubt, there are quite a few lawyers who are unlikely to sit around quietly while Microsoft buys an exclusive license to a patent that "puts Java out of business". We should recall that IBM and plenty of other companies have stakes in Java. Microsoft doesn't have more money than IBM, nor does it have more money than all the other companies interested in Java put together. (Not that a bidding war or anything interesting is ever going to materialize.) But the main point is, this patent has nothing to do with either the DOJ case or the Sun v. Microsoft case even if it's real. Cringeley, without further elaboration, says Microsoft will file for dismissal of both cases and "it will probably work". No, Bob, these motions would probably be laughed out of court if they were ever filed, which they won't be. Robert X. Cringely has made up a fantasy world. He should be a novelist. It's pretty unlikely reality will follow his map, or even slightly resemble it. Regards, --QwikSand

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