Story: Sun has betrayed us all

Posted by: Nathan Hand (Sunday 10 October 2004, 4:15 AM)

Sun Did Fight Kodak In Court...

... AND LOST. When you say "[Sun] has caved in to Kodak. Instead of fighting the patent claims that Kodak raised over Java, Sun has settled out of court" you conveniently forgot to mention the prolonged court battle Sun has been in with Kodak over this very matter. A COURT BATTLE WHICH SUN LOST.

Sun only settled the monetary settlement figure out of court, rather than risk a judge awarding $1billion (which was what Kodak was going to ask for). They didn't settle the case out of court... SUN LOST THE COURT CASE.

The parallels with the Sun/Microsoft case are astounding except for the trivial detail of who gets blamed. Sun sues Microsoft. Microsoft loses. Microsoft settles for $2billion. Suddenly everybody is yelling at Sun for being the bad guys. This time around, Kodak sues Sun. Sun loses. Sun settles for $92million. Yet for some reason, people are still yelling at Sun for being the bad guys. Huh? Why yell at Sun the first time and Sun the second time? Surely if you're going to be consistent it's Kodak's fault this time.

And although I have no affiliation with Sun (notice how I cleverly predict the inevitable "Sun is just paying you to write supportive comments on Zdnet"), what is with all the Sun-bashing these days? Isn't Microsoft doing enough evil to keep people content? And don't give me that cock-and-bull conspiracy story about Sun doing backroom deals with SCO to destroy Linux. Your propellor is spinning too fast if you believe that. Why don't you go attack HP for funding the SCO forums well after the SCO/Linux nonsense started.