Mixed reaction to Sun/Java injunction
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Microsoft backers claim that the injunction would backfire on the entire channel and industry. "I am absolutely astounded by this ruling and dumbfounded as to how a court can find that one company is responsible for the marketing and distribution of another company's product," said Michael Cocanower, president of ITSynergy, Phoenix. "I have never had a client object to the lack of Java in Microsoft's operating systems, nor have I ever run into a situation in our software development practice where it was an issue. At best, this causes inconvenience for Microsoft and confusion in the marketplace. At worst, it makes the platform unstable and causes additional support headaches for companies like us."
Another Microsoft solution provider said a reversal would set Sun,and the entire Java community, back even further. "It will obviously help on a global scale for browser compatibility, but that's all," said Nicholas Tullett, president and senior consultant at Profix Systems Consultants, Toronto. "Sun made their bed when they forced Microsoft to remove the Microsoft extensions to Java, which is basically the reverse of what they are forcing Microsoft to do now."