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Appeals Court Overturns Ruling on Java Software in Microsoft Windows Systems.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, June, 2003

By Kristi Heim, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 27--A federal appeals court Thursday overturned a decision that would have forced Microsoft to carry Sun Microsystems' Java software in every copy of its Windows PC operating system and Internet Web browser.

The court, however, upheld an injunction prohibiting Microsoft from shipping its own version of Java.

The 3-0 ruling by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., represents a setback for Sun Microsystems in its long-running legal battle with Microsoft over the Java programming language. The ruling essentially preserves the status ...uo, with Microsoft distributing Windows without Java and Sun negotiating directly with computer makers...

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