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To: David Howe who wrote (60521)	8/10/2001 4:18:54 PM
From: Bill Fischofer	Respond to of 74651

Sun takes Java fight to he public See news.cnet.com for full article. Looks like SUNW got what it wanted and now isn't happy with what it got. Key excerpts: In full-page ads in The New York Times, San Jose Mercury News and The Wall Street Journal on Thursday, Sun called on consumers "to demand that Microsoft include the Java platform in their XP operating system." Sun also said consumers should demand "PC vendors like Dell, Compaq, Gateway, IBM and HP (Hewlett-Packard) include the Java platform in their applications." ... It is ironic that we spent three years in litigation with Sun over their attempt to stop us from shipping Java in Windows, and now they are complaining that we are not shipping it by default in Windows XP," said Jim Cullinan, Windows XP lead product manager. ... But Technology Business Research analyst Bob Sutherland scoffed at Sun's attack on Microsoft, contending the company in some ways got what it had asked for. "Sun can't have it both ways," he said. "They don't want Microsoft to have monopolistic control, but at the same time they want them to control their Java. No matter what Microsoft does, Sun is going to try and demonize them."