Judge to Sun: Drop demands, go to trial
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A federal judge on Wednesday suggested Sun Microsystems drop some demands and go directly to trial on whether to force software giant Microsoft to carry Sun's Java program. U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz said Sun, in its private antitrust suit against Microsoft, might want to drop its request for a preliminary injunction on carrying Java and set aside its claim for more than $1 billion in damages. Motz did not elaborate on why he made this suggestion. A lawyer for Sun, Rusty Day, said the company would consider the idea.