"Microsoft ordered to carry Java"

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A US judge has ordered software giant Microsoft to include Sun Microsystem's Java programming language in its widely-used Windows operating system.

The order is to remain in force pending the final outcome of a lawsuit brought by Sun Microsystems against Microsoft.

Sun claims that the software giant tried to marginalise Java by making a recent version of Windows, used on 90% of the world's personal computers, incompatible with the programming language.

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Imagine my relief when I read this article - hopefully it means the next 2 years of my Uni course of learning Java won't be in vain.

Full article here - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2602753.stm

Also in the article it mentions of 3 other competitors bringing cases against M$. Does anyone know who the others are?

Agreed. Yay for leaving Java in the hands of the originator. (More or less.)