Microsoft yanks 10 old patches down; smells like anti-Linux FUD

Jul 02, 2009, 15:04 (5 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Julie Bort)

"But the timing is odd. The Microsoft Java Virtual Machine (MSJVM) was a technology included in some versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Windows that let Java applets run in the browser or on a Windows machine. It was the subject of a giant legal battle between Microsoft and Sun, with Sun accusing Microsoft of altering its virtual machine so that Java applets couldn't properly function on Microsoft's platforms (and rightly so)."

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