Sun Files Suit Against Microsoft for Anti-Trust Violations

Herve writes "Sun Microsystems announced it has filed a private antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation. The suit, filed March 8, 2002 in the United States District Court in San Jose, CA., seeks remedies for the harm inflicted by Microsoft's anticompetitive behavior with respect to the Java[tm] platform and for damages resulting from Microsoft's illegal efforts to maintain and expand its monopoly power. In June 2001, the Federal Court of Appeals found Microsoft guilty of illegally abusing its monopoly power with respect to Sun and the Java platform. Sun's suit seeks to redress the competitive and economic harm caused by Microsoft's illegal acts."

yawn.

[llamalicious]

yet another MS lawsuit...
what took them so long?

I'd like to sue SUN

[kwerle]

For abusing their monopoly power over JAVA and trying to make it tank on the desktop.

Think I have a case?

Well, it's obvious

[ch-chuck]

that the DOJ has gotten 'orders' from higher-ups in the executive branch to "Let Msft Be free to Innovate" and get govt off the backs of big business.

nice url

[panopticon]

how about

http://www.sun.com/sticksittomicrosoft/

And in other news...

[slow_flight]

pot calls kettle black.

so to summarize...

[AdamBa]

First Sun sued to require Microsoft to remove Java from Windows, now they are suing to require Microsoft to put it back in?

Hmmf. The AOL lawsuit is going to result in Microsoft putting Netscape's management on trial to show that they caused Navigator to tank...and this trial is going to result in Microsoft putting Sun's management on trial to show that they caused Java to go astray.

Forget the XFL...NBC should sell tickets to the software industry.

- adam

Engaged in copyright infringement

[jhines0042]

Engaged in copyright infringement (violation of 17 U.S.C. 501).

Wait, you mean someone at Microsoft downloaded an MP3?

::DUCKING::

So what if Sun wins?

[Anonymous Coward]

Come on, everyone here knows Microsoft will be able to pay them in free copies of Windows XP - now bundled with JVM! :)

Re:Boys be Boys

[spyderbyte23]

Dismiss my opinions as you will, but please give this article some thought.

I am sure this was unintentional irony, but that article is illegible(microscopic fonts) in Netscape on a Macintosh. So I'd like to give the article some thought, but it appears that choosing an alternative platform is not an option.

Gosh, it's almost as though the Microsoft monopoly had a deleterious effect on consumers.

(Yes, I do know how to fix this. Just thought it should be pointed out.)

Yeah, they did.

[Ho-Lee-Cow!]

You start by taking the current version, apply the patches for all the known holes, and then put it in a fancy new box and tell your sales force to lie, cheat, and steal to get it on every machine possible. Those who do not assimilate are destroyed.

Meaning, that the next 3 versions don't have a -prayer- of being secure.

Re:...and more

[Jondor]

>PS: let's just consider the fact that everyone is
>already familiar with the 'mozilla bloat'
>jokes/comments and we don't need to rehash
>them :)

Mozilla bloaded? With IE i ask for a browser and I get a complete OS to go with it.. How's that for bloated..

Re:yawn.

[ShadeARG]

> what took them so long?

Did you see the size of those PDFs?

• Complaint [sun.com] PDF (~7MB)
• Motion for Preliminary Injunction [sun.com] PDF (~3MB)

Re:The meaning of treble damages

[LoseNotLooseGuy]

So, let's say that Microsoft looses two major cases

While I completely agree that Microsoft wields far too much power, I don't believe they have the means to let loose or release any cases against them. On the other hand, they could potentially fail to win their cases. The word you were looking for is loses.

Congratulations! You have been participant #50 in my campaign to rid Slashdot of this error.

Re:2 points people seem to have missed

[Anonymous Coward]

You're incredibly original with that second thought. Tell me, did you conceive your great ideas through divine inspiration, or through great study?

There is absolutely no reason why Microsoft should be forced to include Java with the OS.