[Am-info] Sun Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Microsoft

Fri, 08 Mar 2002 15:39:16 -0500

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I think IBM owes it to its stockholders to sue too.

John

Mitch Stone wrote:

> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020308/tc_nm/tech_sun_dc_7&
> cid=581
>
> Sun Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Microsoft
> Fri Mar 8, 2:34 PM ET
>
> SANTA CLARA (Reuters) - Sun Microsystems Inc. on Friday said it filed a
> private antitrust suit against Microsoft Corp. in U.S. District Court in
> San Jose, California claiming that its business was hurt because the
> software giant engaged in unfair business practices.
>
> The suit stems, in part, from Microsoft's decision to ship its Windows XP
> (news - web sites) operating system without any support for Sun's Java
> software programming language.
>
> "Our suit seeks compensation from Microsoft for illegally impeding Sun's
> business and harming the Java platform -- acts that Microsoft was found
> guilty of in federal court in Washington, (D.C.)," said Michael Morris,
> Sun's general counsel, in a conference call with analysts and reporters.
>
> Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft's spokesman Jim Desler called the
> issues old news.
>
> "It's time to move past these issues, many of which are related to a
> lawsuit the parties settled last year," Desler said.
>
> Microsoft has been found to have violated antitrust law in a landmark case
> brought by the federal government and state attorneys general. It also
> faces private antitrust suits from consumers and a suit filed in January
> by AOL Time Warner .
>
> NOT THE FIRST TIME
>
> In this new suit, Sun called for Microsoft to disclose and license the
> computing protocols and formats related to products such as Internet
> Explorer, which is used by consumers to access the Internet.
>
> Sun, which makes large computers that manage corporate networks, has long
> had a bitter relationship with Microsoft and has sued the company in the
> past.
>
> In 1997, the company filed a case against the software giant, saying
> Microsoft violated its copyright licensing agreement for Java, a "write
> once, run anywhere" computer language that lets software run on a variety
> of operating systems.
>
> Sun Chief Executive Scott McNealy has been known to make fun of Microsoft,
>   calling the Windows operating system "a hairball."
>
> Morris said that Sun requested that the court require Microsoft to begin
> immediately including its Java software on Windows XP.
>
> "We expected Sun to sue Microsoft just like AOL did, based on the findings
> of the District court that Microsoft was in fact a monopoly," said Brendan
> Barnicle, an analyst with Pacific Crest Securities.
>
> On Nasdaq, shares of Sun jumped $1.33, or 15 percent, to $10.16, while
> Microsoft shares rose $1.38, or about 2 percent, to $64.10.
>
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I think IBM owes it to its stockholders to sue too.
John
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Mitch Stone wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020308/tc_nm/tech_sun_dc_7&">http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;u=/nm/20020308/tc_nm/tech_sun_dc_7&amp;</a>
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Sun Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Microsoft
 Fri Mar 8, 2:34 PM ET
SANTA CLARA (Reuters) - Sun Microsystems Inc. on Friday said it filed
a
 private antitrust suit against Microsoft Corp. in U.S. District Court
in
 San Jose, California claiming that its business was hurt because the
 software giant engaged in unfair business practices.
The suit stems, in part, from Microsoft's decision to ship its Windows
XP
 (news - web sites) operating system without any support for Sun's Java
 software programming language.
"Our suit seeks compensation from Microsoft for illegally impeding Sun's
 business and harming the Java platform -- acts that Microsoft was found
 guilty of in federal court in Washington, (D.C.)," said Michael Morris,
 Sun's general counsel, in a conference call with analysts and reporters.
Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft's spokesman Jim Desler called the
 issues old news.
"It's time to move past these issues, many of which are related to a
 lawsuit the parties settled last year," Desler said.
Microsoft has been found to have violated antitrust law in a landmark
case
 brought by the federal government and state attorneys general. It also
 faces private antitrust suits from consumers and a suit filed in January
 by AOL Time Warner .
NOT THE FIRST TIME
In this new suit, Sun called for Microsoft to disclose and license the
 computing protocols and formats related to products such as Internet
 Explorer, which is used by consumers to access the Internet.
Sun, which makes large computers that manage corporate networks, has
long
 had a bitter relationship with Microsoft and has sued the company in
the
 past.
In 1997, the company filed a case against the software giant, saying
 Microsoft violated its copyright licensing agreement for Java, a "write
 once, run anywhere" computer language that lets software run on a variety
 of operating systems.
Sun Chief Executive Scott McNealy has been known to make fun of Microsoft,
 &nbsp; calling the Windows operating system "a hairball."
Morris said that Sun requested that the court require Microsoft to begin
 immediately including its Java software on Windows XP.
"We expected Sun to sue Microsoft just like AOL did, based on the findings
 of the District court that Microsoft was in fact a monopoly," said
Brendan
 Barnicle, an analyst with Pacific Crest Securities.
On Nasdaq, shares of Sun jumped $1.33, or 15 percent, to $10.16, while
 Microsoft shares rose $1.38, or about 2 percent, to $64.10.
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