Re: Microsoft Java Virtual Machine

From: Tim Slattery (Slattery_T_at_bls.gov)
Date: 04/08/04 

Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 16:13:30 -0400

"Joe V" <joe@nospam.com> wrote:

>The problem is the Sun Java VM does not work for certain apps.

And the MS JVM doesn't work for many apps. That's why Sun sued, Java
is supposed to be the same on all platforms. MS was using their
"embrace and extend" strategy on it, in violation of the license they
signed with Sun. 

-- 
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)
Slattery_T@bls.gov

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