From: Tom Johnston
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 1997 3:13 PM
To: Diana Reid (Waggener Edstrom); Joe Herman; Linda Norman (LCA);
Cornelius Willis:
Chades Fitzgerald
Cc: Joscelyn Zell; Cindy LaVo~e (VVaggener Edstrom)
Subject: Additional: RUDE Q&A on Microsoft’s Response to Sun
Good points. I’ve taken a stab at these.
Note - these are RUDE, and wouldn’t be posted on the web site.
Joe/Chades/CWillis, plz comment. Thx.
MS is asking the courts to grant Microsoft the right to terminate Sun’s
licenses to Microsoft Java technology. If this happens, will MS continue
to support "Java" and what will that Java look like? (e.g. will it be a
fragmented, incompatible version?)
Microsoft is continuing on the same course we outlined in the spring on
1996:
1 Deliver the best implementation of the Java language and Java byte
codes on Windows,
2 Deliver the best tool for Java
3 Allow developers using Java to have full access to the power of the
Windows Platform
We’re intent on continuing this strategy. Regarding what Java will look
like tn the future, it’s premature to say. Microsoft is going to
continue investing in Windows as a platform, with great support for that
platform from any major language, including Java
If Sun releases their compatibility tests to an independent third-party
will that have any affect on this countersuit?
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If MS believes that battles such as this should be fought in the
marketplace and not the courtroom, why the countersuit? Isn’t that a bit
hypocritical?
Not at all. Both Microsoft and Sun had a good deal when the agreement
was signed. Now Sun doesn’t like what it signed up to, and is asking the
court to re-write the agreement. That’s hypocritical.
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From: Diana Reid (Waggener Edstrom)
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 1997 2:19 PM
To: Tom Johnston; Joe Herman
Cc: Joscelyn Zell; Cindy LaVoie (Waggener Edstrom)
Subject: RE: Q&A on Microsoft’s Response to Sun
Looks good. A couple other rude Qs that you may want to think about (I
know we’re not quite ready to answer them fully, but given the wording
of the release and this FAQ, smart reporters and analysts will continue
to make the leap between now and what this all means for the future, as
well as poke holes in our "story")
* MS is asking the courts to grant Microsoft the right to terminate
Sun’s licenses to Microsoft Java technology. If this happens, will MS
continue to support "Java" and what will that Java look like? (e.g. will
it be a fragmented, incompatible version?)
* If Sun releases their compatibility tests to an independent
third-party will that have any affect on this counter-suit?
* If MS believes that battles such as this should be fought in the
marketplace and not the courtroom, why the countersuit? Isn’t that a bit
hypocritical?
Next question is: obviously Sun knows exactly how long we have to repond
to their suit, and that window will close this week so they have
anticipated or planned for some sort of action from us. Has anyone heard
any rumblings about potential responses or action from them next week?
The fact that InfoWorld was making odd noises all of a sudden about
public tests of the SDKs makes me think that something is in the works
Anyone else have some contacts they can tap into.
From: MSTOMJ
Sent: Saturday. October 25 ’997 1 42 PM
Cc: Cindy, Lavoie, Diana Reid
Subject: Q&A on Microsoft s Response to Sun
Hasn’t been reviewed by Lnorman. but everything's come out of the
earlier q+a or taken from their response so we feel good about it.
PIz send comments to me and Joe. Thx.
-TJ
http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/2000/PX02782.pdf
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court documents in the case of Comes v. Microsoft.
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