Sun to bar Microsoft from using Java logo

Sun Microsystems asked a U.S. District Court on Tuesday to bar Microsoftfrom using its Java compatibility logo on its Internet Explorer 4.0 Webbrowser. Sun contends that Microsoft threatens the integrity of Java by notmaintaining compatibility.

Paul Thurrott

November 20, 1997

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Sun Microsystems asked a U.S. District Court on Tuesday to bar Microsoftfrom using its Java compatibility logo on its Internet Explorer 4.0 Webbrowser. Sun contends that Microsoft threatens the integrity of Java by notmaintaining compatibility.

"Microsoft must be stopped from using the Java Compatible Logo to deceive the market," said Michael Morris, Sun's general counsel.

Microsoft had no comment

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Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is senior technical analyst for Windows IT Pro. He writes the SuperSite for Windows, a weekly editorial for Windows IT Pro UPDATE, and a daily Windows news and information newsletter called WinInfo Daily UPDATE.

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