Industry Standard: Trial Focus to Switch to Java | Linux Today

Industry Standard: Trial Focus to Switch to Java

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 30, 1998

The U.S. government in its case against Microsoft will next call
Java creator James Gosling to the witness stand.

Sun was recently granted a preliminary injunction forcing
Microsoft to make changes to its Java products.

Microsoft plans to file a motion to have the government’s case
dismissed.

“The new deal (between Netscape and AOL) was just one component
of why we would be filing this motion,” said Microsoft spokesman
Jim Cullinan.


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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