Originally posted by: manly
Originally posted by: Colt45
google it..
Sun sued MS for having the download on demand for java, hence MS no longer has it..
Totally false FUD.
Sun sued Mickeysoft for breaking its contractual Java license; not necessarily because of what they did ship (i.e. proprietary libraries) but for what they didn't ship (JNI, RMI). If you're a McDonald's franchisee and you sell a hot dog as a "Big Mac" you'll be sued out of business real quick. Because the evidence was overwhelmingly in Sun's side (and a judge issued an injuction saying as much), they both settled out of court, with MS agreeing to give up its license. HOWEVER, it was allowed a number of YEARS of maintenance to continue to offer its obsolete Java 1.1.4 VM.
MS themselves chose to discontinue shipping its VM beginning in WXP/IE6.