Microsoft blames Sun for Java's woes
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Microsoft's lawyers on Wednesday pecked away at Sun Microsystems' claim that it needs a judge to level the Web services playing field, suggesting that Sun's actions -- rather than Microsoft's -- have affected Java's ability to compete. During the second day of testimony in the preliminary injunction hearing, Microsoft lawyer Michael Lacovara produced an internal Sun memo from early this year, saying the company needed to make improvements to its own Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in order to compete better with Microsoft's version of the product.
The memo, titled "Java Desktop Client Strategy," recommended Sun improve its JVM's graphics performance, address stability problems and reduce its startup time and footprint to better compete with Microsoft's JVM, which Sun contends is out of date and incompatible with the version of Java being used elsewhere by the industry.