Sun’s Java Won’t Be In Microsoft’s .NET – Complicate Your Integration? You .BET
M. Reed - February 19, 2001

Event Summary

Just when you thought there was a single standard for something, Sun Microsystems Inc. and Microsoft Corporation recently announced a settlement in Sun's lawsuit regarding Microsoft's use of Java technology. Microsoft was given the choice of conforming to the published Java standard or opting out of the technology, they chose to opt out. Under terms of the agreement, Microsoft can continue to use the outdated version of Java which it had licensed for the next seven years, but cannot use Java in their .NET initiative...