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                Date: 1998-11-18
                 
                 
                JUST IN: Microsoft verliert Prozess gegen Sun
                
                 
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      Laut dem lange erwarteten & genau zur Comdex 98 gefällten  
Urteil im Langzeitprozess muss Microsoft binnen 90 Tagen,  
alle Produkte, die "polluted Java" enthalten, vom Markt  
nehmen. A "stinging defeat" sagte CNNs Lou Dobbs,  
allgemein wird erwartet, dass dieses Urteil eine wesentliche  
Rolle im laufenden Kartellprozess gegen Microsoft spielen  
wird.  
News.com hat die Story momentan anscheinend exklusiv im  
Netz, weil man woanders ganz mit der Comdex oder den  
Lewinsky-Tapes beschäftigt war.  
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Jeff Pelline  
November 17, 1998, 3:00 p.m. PT  
 
A U.S. District Court judge today ruled on a preliminary  
injunction in the lawsuit brought by Sun Microsystems  
against Microsoft, and, according to Sun, "the court found  
that Sun is likely to prevail on the merits and granted Sun's  
request for injunction." 
 
Sun's statement went on to say: "The court ordered that if  
Microsoft ships products that include the Java technology, it  
must change those products within 90 days to address their  
failure to pass Sun's compatibility test suite." 
 
In a statement, Microsoft said, "We are disappointed in the  
court's ruling and are assessing our legal options while we  
comply with the court's order. We are disappointed in Sun's  
shortsighted legal strategy, which is limiting choice for  
customers and developers." 
 
Sun sued Microsoft in October 1997 for breach of contract,  
alleging that Microsoft's Java implementation failed to pass  
compatibility tests required in its licensing agreement.  
 
In May 1988, Sun filed companion motions seeking a  
preliminary injunction based on allegations of copyright  
infringement and unfair competition, Microsoft said in a  
recent regulatory filing. 
.... 
Sun's statement today concluded: "While this case proceeds  
through the court, we'll continue to use our enormous energy  
in the marketplace--as will the other companies that are the  
cornerstones of the Java technology industry--to deliver high  
performing Java technology that outperforms Microsoft's  
incompatible technology." 
 
Full Text 
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