Sun, Microsoft await ruling on injunction
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
A federal dustrict court judge Thursday heard closing arguments in a preliminary phase of a private antitrust case in which Sun Microsystems is suing Microsoft, ending three days of testimony in a case that ultimately could affect the distribution of Sun's Java technology. U.S. District Judge Frederick Motz, who is presiding over the case, said Thursday he would attempt to make a decision on the preliminary injunction within the next 10 days, though it could take longer, representatives of Sun and Microsoft said.
Microsoft also is relying on the now-settled federal antitrust suit against Microsoft. In that case, U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly rejected a similar request to force Microsoft to ship its products with Sun-backed Java support on grounds that it would not be a benefit for competition.
"This remedy is unwarranted, it would be unprecedented and is unsupported by the law," said Jim Desler, Microsoft's legal spokesman, in a phone interview from Baltimore Thursday. "The burden was on Sun to provide evidence, and we don't believe they provided the necessary evidence."