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Microsoft told to ship Java in 120 days

Keldyn   on 16 January 2003 - 05:19 · 81 comments & 10898 views

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A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Microsoft to begin shipping Sun Microsystems' Java with the Windows operating system within 120 days, after the companies fought over implementing a ruling he made last month

U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz summoned lawyers for both sides in the private antitrust suit to a special hearing on their failure to agree on the exact terms of a preliminary injunction.

"I can't sit here hearing after hearing," Motz said. "I want this done in 120 days."

Motz ruled on Dec. 23, 2002, that Sun had a good chance of winning its antitrust case against Microsoft, and said he would grant a preliminary injunction forcing Microsoft to include Java in its Windows computer operating system.

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#1 Neobond on 16 Jan 2003 - 11:14
OMG I can't believe another company can FORCE Microsoft into shipping its code. Thats just so fucked up it makes me wanna puke. The system sucks and I don't blame Bill Gates at all for being pissed off at all the small minded idiots who want to break Microsoft because they cant be as good on a competitive level Sun Systems sucks and I will have to remember never buying anything related to them.

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