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To: tom jones who wrote (858)	3/23/1998 3:18:00 PM
From: Bearded One	Respond to of 878

The legality issue doesn't change. HP created their own implementation, but didn't alter the specification. Microsoft has their own 'clean-room' version of Java, anyway.

To: tom jones who wrote (858)	3/23/1998 4:18:00 PM
From: Dylan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 878

<<Why does microsoft use Java at all if they don't want their software to run everywhere?>> Because they don't want it to run everywhere. They are trying to stop SUNW from implementing JAVA in a way that is not in their interests. Also, MSFT wants to be associated with JAVA. It looks bad when a software company isn't associated with the hottest programming language. Just my random thoughts.... -Dylan