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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Charles Tutt who wrote (45754)	6/1/2000 12:10:00 PM
From: david_si	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

"Microsoft had a choice." Sun certainly didn't want Java extended without their say. They say it's polluted because if it allows Windows specific capabilities, it isn't cross-platform. I am unaware of the specifics of the contract, however. It'll be interesting to see if the judge overseeing the Java case thinks MS violated the contract or not. I know MS has no plans to put their Java development tool (J++) into Visual Studio 7, but perhaps they would down the road if they win the lawsuit. We'll see... David