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To: ru2 who wrote (60655)8/16/2001 6:20:33 PM
From: werefrog  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74651
 
"U talk $hit but so far have not Backed up the call on MSFT"

ru2, welcome to HELL, formerly called the msft thread. What call on msft are you talking about? I've probably called 1000 on this thread since 1998 and the odds of me coming up with the one you are talking about are______, duh?
Frog



To: ru2 who wrote (60655)8/16/2001 6:21:50 PM
From: The Duke of URLĀ©  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 74651
 
Microsoft slaps back at Sun in Java spat
By Joe Wilcox
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
August 16, 2001, 2:35 p.m. PT
The long-running battle between Microsoft and Sun Microsystems over the Java programming language escalated Thursday, as Microsoft issued a terse response to a Sun ad campaign that ran last week.

...Sun wraps itself in a mantle of openness and choice," Microsoft said in its statement. "The idea that Java is open is laughable, particularly after Sun submitted Java to a standards body and then broke its promise not just once but twice...Moreover, Sun's idea of choice is you can have any language you want, as long as it is Java."



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