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> Judge Compares Microsoft to Tonya Harding
> Fri Dec 6, 1:09 AM ET
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> By BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press Writer
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> BALTIMORE (AP) - The federal judge overseeing Sun Microsystems' request for an
injunction against Microsoft found several comparisons between the software
companies and the world of athletics.
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> U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz compared Microsoft's treatment of Sun to
Tonya Harding (news - web sites)'s knee-capping attack on rival figure skater
Nancy Kerrigan (news - web sites), as well as a crooked baseball game between
Baltimore and New York.
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> Motz ruminated from the bench Thursday as attorneys gave their closing
arguments in the three-day hearing on Sun's request to force Microsoft to carry
the latest version of Sun's Java programming language in Windows.

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I am excited about the possibility that the latest version Java may come
pre-installed with the Windows operating system. This is already the
case with the Macintosh on a voluntary basis.

Personal news: I am teaching a course on Java game programming at the
University of Texas at Dallas this coming Spring.


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David Wallace Croft, President
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