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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Published in:	Economist Vol. 346; pp. 67 - 69
Format:	Article
Published:	Economist Newspaper Limited 3/7/1998
Subjects:	Sun Microsystems Inc. Microsoft Corp. Java programming language Computer software industry Actions & defenses (Law)
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	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.