A closely watched feud over Java standards moves closer to resolution, but questions over the value of that standard still linger. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and ...

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[February 4, 2003] - The legal fight between Sun and Microsoft over Java shows signs that it could eventually rival the DOJ-Microsoft case for lengthiness and intense pendulum swings that put one side ...

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A closely watched feud over Java standards compliance moved closer to resolution this week, but questions over the value of that standard still linger. Open-source Java software distributor JBoss ...