Bypassing Sun with J#.NET
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft and Sun Microsystems recently settled their long-standing lawsuit over Java. Microsoft dropped its Java license but retained the right to distribute its current products for seven years. The settlement, though, says Microsoft cannot update those aged Java products beyond bug fixes without also passing Sun's Java compatibility tests, effectively freezing the products in their current state. It is clear that Microsoft will not introduce any further products based on Sun's Java technology. Microsoft's new .Net and associated programming technologies will make it completely independent of Sun and Java--freeing it from legal requirements to pass Sun's compatibility tests.