A simmering dispute.

The future of Java, Sun Microsytem's much-publicized computer language, is the real issue in the lawsuit between Sun and Microsoft, which is due to begin on February 27, 1998, but the case may not be crucially important. Java's future will not really be decided in the court, but in the market with...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 346; pp. 67 - 69
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 3/7/1998
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Sumario:The future of Java, Sun Microsytem's much-publicized computer language, is the real issue in the lawsuit between Sun and Microsoft, which is due to begin on February 27, 1998, but the case may not be crucially important. Java's future will not really be decided in the court, but in the market with software developers and users. Their judgment is already obvious: Java is here to stay, though few think it will take the place of Microsoft, at least not yet.