Sun asked Microsoft to conform, Bill said, hell no, and you know the rest of the story.
No. That's not what happened.
I know what the difference is between JavaScript and Java. I didn't say anything about JavaScript. I said "a Java engine" is included in IE 5 and therefore is a part of NT 5. A Java VM that satisfies Sun's copyright is included in IE 5 and every Microsoft product that ships it. Unlike you, I don't talk to "Bill", but what his company said is, "Well, OK, if you insist."
Microsoft had to do a "slipstream" update of virtually all of its products in order to make the change. It did so. It did not remove the VM entirely (after all, they sometimes act in silly ways in response to such suits, but they're not stupid). They replaced it with a Sun-compliant VM. You'll get it with IE 5, or, if you still use IE 4, you can download the compliant VM from microsoft.com. |
