Microsoft Corp. must include an arch rival's software when it distributes its dominant Windows operating system for personal computers, a federal judge ruled yesterday, dealing a surprising blow to ...

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In early 2000, JavaWorld published a two-part series I wrote entitled “The Business Case for Java: A Primer for Geeks,” in which I listed the then distinguishing characteristics of both the ...

It appears the inflation rate for six years of litigation is very high. Oracle just reassessed what it believes Google should pay for its use of Java, and it’s not pretty. Back in August 2010, Oracle ...

The Java developer community has been seeking a modular component framework and model since Java first appeared in the mid 1990s. The JavaBeans framework was billed as a programming and deployment ...

A US appeals court on Wednesday closely questioned Google's claim that Oracle does not enjoy copyright protection over certain parts of the Java programming language. The issue, under review by the US ...