In or out, in or out, ... - Sun doesn't know
WinInfo | at | by Mike
Microsoft removed its Java software from the company Web site, causing conspiracy theorists to fire up their keyboards yet again. But the move was completed in anticipation of Windows XP Services Pack 1 (SP1), which will include the Java software. The problem is that Sun claims Microsoft doesn't have the right to distribute Java online because of their Java legal case settlement. Microsoft disagrees, but rather than face yet another court battle, the company decided to simply remove the software and just distribute it through SP1. So this begs the question: If Sun wants Microsoft to be forced to include Java is Windows, why would it complain that the company was offering the software, for free, to Windows customers from its Web site? This stuff makes my head spin.