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To: mozek who wrote (8425)	6/12/1998 8:08:00 PM
From: cheryl williamson	Respond to of 74651

mozek, Forget it. MSFT is going to lose this one. They already lost the Java logo in court & SUNW is not trying to bludgeon them like the DOJ. They're asking the court to require MSFT to ship 100% Java or to let SUNW provide for them to ship. I don't see the court having a problem with that. You can "read" the agreement any way you want. The code is SUNW's IP & they demand compatibility as a requirement for ALL licensees. MSFT FAILED, so MSFT can't legally ship their product. BTW: invective is appropriate when it is accurately applied. In Gates' case, I was being charitable.

To: mozek who wrote (8425)	6/12/1998 8:15:00 PM
From: Bearded One	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Come on, Mozek, I have too much respect for your postings to hear you spout these buzzwords. Extending the runtime and classes is different from extending the sun.* API heirarchy. And it's certainly different from adding superfluous keywords. Sun just wants to prevent anyone from innovating faster than they can, which BTW isn't too swift. If I hear the word "innovate" one more time from a Softie (or ex-Softie), I'm gonna puke. This is not about innovation. Apple has a whole bunch of new API's which was fine. Netscape created the Internet Foundation Classes which was innovative and didn't break anything. Microsoft created the MFC, which was innovative and didn't break anything. Hundreds of people are creating their own classes and publishing the API's for them, which is innovative and didn't break anything. There is nothing innovative about the changes Microsoft made which Sun is contesting-- specifically the changes to the Sun API's and the new keywords.