-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Wade Curry wrote: > Darren New([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 02:36:57PM -0700: >> SJS wrote: >> >>> I'd trust Sun to be less malicious than Microsoft. >> OK. Are you sure Sun's JVM isn't violating Microsoft's patents? >> Do you really think Sun wouldn't sue Microsoft if .NET violated >> Sun's patents? >> > > Sun sued MS for modifying the JVM source code and won. IIRC, this > is the reason .NET exists. I'd be surprized if .NET doesn't > step on Sun's patents in some way. How is Sun going to find this > out, though? Not that it's impossible, but would it be worth the > time, effort, and expense?
Microsoft and Sun now have fairly broad cross licensing agreements. I doubt either could justifiably sue the other for patent infringement for VM related stuff. - --Chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJCx0COagjPOywMBARAt4QAJsEe08rIN7Y0Dud1SmAAuf96GWN8QCgsJDq Go+dIev8AzdBviE1owOLTx8= =MsnQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
