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To: Early Bird who wrote (23218)	5/25/1999 5:38:00 PM
From: Sir Francis Drake	Respond to of 74651

Well, if you have a taste for bad news there's plenty out there: Sun wins the first round. Some think legal trouble has no impact on MSFT's shareprice - I disagree. cbs.marketwatch.com <<Java case Sun wins first ruling vs. Microsoft Last Update: 3:07 PM ET May 25, 1999 NewsWatch SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Several Microsoft Corp. products, including Windows 98, infringed Sun Microsystems Inc.' copyrights, a federal judge said in a nonbinding, tentative ruling on Tuesday. However, the ruling -- issued by U.S. District Court in San Jose -- said that Microsoft (MSFT: news, msgs) can develop and distribute ''independently developed'' tools that do not comply with a contract with Sun (SUNW: news, msgs), so long as such products do not infringe any Sun copyright, patent or other intellectual property right. The three-part ruling will be finalized -- and possibly changed -- after oral arguments scheduled in June. Sun, based in Palo Alto, Calif., has tried to promote its programming language Java as a universal language that can be used with any form of software. The company sued Microsoft, contending that the Redmond, Wash.-based computer company used its licensed version of Java to design a Windows-only form that was incompatible with rival software, in violation of a contract.>>

To: Early Bird who wrote (23218)	5/25/1999 5:38:00 PM
From: Gerald Walls	Respond to of 74651

Maybe this is why it tanked near the end of session.. Or it could be the Java split decision indication. Split decision in tentative Java rulings By Tim Clark Staff Writer, CNET News.com May 25, 1999, 12:30 p.m. PT The judge in the Sun Microsystems-Microsoft lawsuit on Java has issued three tentative rulings, indicating that neither side is likely to win a clear-cut victory. news.com