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Microsoft/Java deal: E-mail from Sun's Bill Joy to Sun officials

This is one of the documents recently unsealed in the legal case between Sun Microsystems Inc. and Microsoft Corp.
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This is one of the documents recently unsealed in the legal case between Sun Microsystems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. over whether Microsoft behaved in an anti-competitive fashion in its handling of Java.

From: wnj@sw.Central.Sun.COM Thu Nov 30 21:25 PST 1995
From: wnj@sw.Central.Sun.COM (Bill Joy)
To: wmk@scndprson.Eng.Sun.COM schmidt@scndprson.Eng.Sun.Com; scott.mcnealy@coopr; jag@scndprson.Eng.Sun.Com
Subject: Re: Microsoft/Java deal
Cc: mike.clary@Central, ruthh@scndprson.Eng.Sun.Com; jek@scndprson.Eng.Sun.COM; Mike.Sheridan@Eng.

i support eric's suggestion of talking to our licensees before signing a deal with microsoft, to get their input.

Since the notion of them licensing is in current business week we can ask people informally any time...
wnj

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