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M$ never issued the "Standard" Java!!! They agreed to, and signed contracts, to use the standard Java package used by the rest of the Industry. They then went and corrupted it in a deliberate attempt to gain control. Sun sued M$ and won - twice. This last time the court ordered M$ to either follow the standard that they (M$) agreed to or remove it. Just like the kid that can't have his way, M$ decided to take their "ball and bat" and go home, crying "foul".
M$ had done the exact same thing with HTML code in an attempt to control internet browsing. The result is that sites that use the M$ html code extentions don't display correctly when using other browsers. The M$ extentions don't really add anything; they were designed, per M$ testimony in the fed trials, to "gain control of internet browsing" (their words).
I find this tendency of M$ to try an screw up everything for the users as despicable. If they were truly extending the use of computers by everyone, one could understand their efforts. But, in most cases, it seems they continue to use underhanded methods to corrupt.
Disgusting!!
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