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Date:      Sun, 5 Jul 1998 10:24:45 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, jasone@canonware.com, smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Microsoft's breaches of contract (was: FBSD license and multiple copyright holders)
Message-ID:  <19980705102445.L358@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <980704165941.ZM2483@darkstar.connect.com>; from Frank Pawlak on Sat, Jul 04, 1998 at 04:59:41PM %2B0000
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On Saturday,  4 July 1998 at 16:59:41 +0000, Frank Pawlak wrote:
> On Jul 4,  4:58pm, Greg Lehey wrote:
>> Now if there's one thing that *really* pisses me off, it's that nobody
>> has stopped Microsoft from shipping Internet Exploder because it is in
>> breach of contract.  I would have hoped that Sun could say "ship it
>> with correct Java, ship it without Java, or don't ship it".  If they
>> can't get that done, I don't see that they can help us in what is
>> primarily a matter of recognition.
>>
>> Greg
>
> Greg, arn't Sun and Microsoft presently in litigation over this very issue?  I
> know that SUN has brought suit against Microsoft for their bastardising of
> Java, and I think that it also relates to IE as well.

Yes, that's exactly the point.  What disappointed me was that they
were not able to get an injunction stopping the delivery until it was
conformant with the contract.

Greg
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