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hillbillybob · 10-30-2006, 12:14 PM

Way back when, and I can't remember when, but it was between VS 6.0 and VS .NET....Sun and Microsoft had a Row over the availability of Java in VS. That's why you can only use J#, not Java. I don't know the details of it, but I wouldn't go so far as to say that Sun doesn't want MS in the java business, as to say that MS can no longer market anything under or with the "Java" name. I would imagine this is in part because IBM has their JVM, and MS was wanting their JVM. IBM was adhering to and communicating with/contributing to the Java community. MS wanted to create their own verison of the JVM, with out Sun in on it.

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hillbillybob Super Techie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 341	Way back when, and I can't remember when, but it was between VS 6.0 and VS .NET....Sun and Microsoft had a Row over the availability of Java in VS. That's why you can only use J#, not Java. I don't know the details of it, but I wouldn't go so far as to say that Sun doesn't want MS in the java business, as to say that MS can no longer market anything under or with the "Java" name. I would imagine this is in part because IBM has their JVM, and MS was wanting their JVM. IBM was adhering to and communicating with/contributing to the Java community. MS wanted to create their own verison of the JVM, with out Sun in on it. __________________ The greatest measure of a nation is not it\'s army or economy, but by how many people are trying to get in, and how many people are staying!! Guns, Guts, and Alcohol made America free. Born American, Die American Ubuntu - it\'s all about the bun\'s baby!!!