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Sun, the creator of the renowned network programming language, sued Microsoft
From the Archives: Sun Meets Microsoft in Court Over Java
July 24, 2001
Originally published February 27, 1998 -- Sun Microsystems finally gets to tell it to the judge today in its dispute with Microsoft Corp. over the legal use of Java.