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Sun Slaps Microsoft With $1bn Lawsuit
News Sun Microsystems filed a private antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft on Friday seeking damages that could top $1bn (£700m) partly over the software giant's handling of Sun's Java software. In January 2001, Sun and Microsoft settled a 1997 lawsuit...
[March 8, 2002, 18:13]
Microsoft Ordered To Remove 'Java Compatible' Logo
News A federal judge ordered Microsoft to remove the ``Java-compatible'' logo from two of its products yesterday while the lawsuit brought by Sun Microsystems against the software giant proceeds. Sun requested the injunction as part of its lawsuit...
[March 25, 1998, 11:23]
Second Beta Of Visual J# Released
News Some observers point out that Sun's lawsuit against Microsoft would effectively force it to upgrade and improve J#, making it more competitive with other Java languages, by demanding that it use Sun's own version of Java.
[March 20, 2002, 10:48]
Java Spat Brews Up Court Battle
News This lawsuit is not directly related to the many other legal proceedings against Microsoft. In addition, Microsoft claims Sun waited approximately four years to file this lawsuit, any monopoly Microsoft has was lawfully obtained, and that Sun's...
[December 3, 2002, 9:08]
Experts: Java Lawsuit Could Be Tough To Win
News Sun's best shot is California's Unfair Competition Act, which played a crucial role in another lawsuit the company filed against Microsoft over the use of Java. When Sun and Microsoft settled the Java lawsuit in January 2000, the two sides agreed...
[March 11, 2002, 14:57]
A Year Ago: Microsoft And Sun In Java Tussle
News The 35-page lawsuit, the latest volley in an increasingly bitter dispute between the two software giants over the future of Java, hammers home Microsoft's long-standing contention that Sun has overstated the capabilities of the upstart technology.
[October 28, 1998, 5:53]
Overview: MS, Sun Java Tussle
News The 35-page lawsuit, the latest volley in an increasingly bitter dispute between the two software giants over the future of Java, hammers home Microsoft's long-standing contention that Sun has overstated the capabilities of the upstart technology.
[October 28, 1997, 10:15]
Microsoft Fires Back At Sun In Java Case
News In the current lawsuit, Sun argues that Microsoft is now trying to supplement -- or even replace -- its Windows monopoly by encouraging developers to write code for the .Net platform instead of for Java.
[February 24, 2003, 8:10]
Microsoft Wastes No Time Wooing Java Crowd
News On the heels of settling its Java lawsuit with Sun Microsystems, Microsoft on Thursday announced a new set of software development tools and services that will allow Java programmers to support Microsoft's new software strategy.
[January 26, 2001, 11:03]
Microsoft Hopes To Lure Java Developers
News In a private antitrust lawsuit brought against Microsoft, Sun, which created Java, raises specific competitive concerns about Visual J#.Net. When Sun and Microsoft settled their first lawsuit over Java last year, Microsoft had the decision to...
[March 26, 2002, 12:11]
US Report: DoJ Urges Judge Not To Dismiss MS Case
News Department of Justice and 20 states have urged a federal judge not to dismiss their antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft citing what they contend are anti-competitive acts directed against rivals Netscape Communications and Sun Microsystems.
[September 2, 1998, 7:00]
US Report: DoJ Widens Microsoft Probe
News In its lawsuit, Sun charged that Microsoft was attempting to balkanise the Java standard into different versions. Last autumn, Sun Microsystems filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against the software maker in connection with Java.
[July 28, 1998, 11:31]
A Year Ago: DoJ Widens Microsoft Probe
News In its lawsuit, Sun charged that Microsoft was attempting to balkanise the Java standard into different versions. Last autumn, Sun Microsystems filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against the software maker in connection with Java.
[July 28, 1999, 6:12]
Microsoft Settles Bristol Lawsuit
News Last month, Microsoft agreed to pay Sun Microsystems $20m (£13.9m) to settle Sun's Java lawsuit. Although the settlement dismisses both parties without prejudice, Blackwell emphasised that Bristol stands behind the merits of the lawsuit.
[February 22, 2001, 9:05]
Microsoft Fights Antitrust Charges
News Use of the majority of US District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's "findings of fact" could greatly benefit the Netscape lawsuit, say legal experts. Two days before Christmas, the judge granted Sun its request for a preliminary injunction...
[January 10, 2003, 16:04]
Sun Vs MS: Let's Call The Whole Thing Off Pt II
News But when Microsoft decided against supporting some of Sun's Java platform components, and then -- adding insult to injury -- added its own set of Java class libraries to the Microsoft Java implementation, Sun slapped Microsoft with a contract...
[December 11, 2000, 12:55]
Microsoft Hopes To Catch Java Developers In .Net
News Sun in March raised concerns about Visual J#.Net in its private antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, charging that Microsoft had corrupted Java, undermining its promise of allowing developers to create software that can run on different types of...
[July 1, 2002, 13:45]
Java Phones Take Centre Stage At JavaOne
News Sun chief executive Scott McNealy talks about the company's antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft and the software giant's use of Java in Web services. At JavaOne in San Francisco, Sun chief executive Scott McNealy discusses why he believes Java is a...
[March 26, 2002, 12:50]
CeBIT 2002: Ballmer Tipped To Preach Partnership
News On Friday, Sun launched a private antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft on Friday seeking damages that could top $1bn (£700m), partly over the software giant's handling of Sun's Java software. According to Sun, Microsoft's attitude towards Java has...
[March 11, 2002, 15:22]
Microsoft Revives Java In Windows
News Sun's March antitrust lawsuit against the software titan triggered the change, said Jim Cullinan, lead product manager for Windows. The reinstatement is a partial victory for Java inventor and Microsoft rival Sun Microsystems, which in the 1990s...
[June 19, 2002, 10:05]
