DaveNet: Tuesday, October 7, 1997; by Dave Winer.

Microsoft Response to Sun's Lawsuit

From Cindy Lavoie, cindyl@wagged.com at Waggoner-Edstrom, Microsoft's PR firm:

We have not yet seen the complaint, but based on the accounts we have seen, Sun's claims are outrageous.

Microsoft has delivered the most compatible implementation of Java on the marketplace and is well within the terms of our agreement.

Reviews consistently state that Internet Explorer 4.0 delivers the fastest, most functional and most compatible implementation of Java on the market.

Sun has no ability to impact the shipment or deployment of Internet Explorer 4.0.

Sun has apparently decided that they can't compete in the marketplace.

We think the evidence will show that while Microsoft has fully complied with its agreement with Sun, Sun has repeatedly failed to live up to its contractual obligations to Microsoft.

Since this is a matter now in active litigation, we will not be speaking about the details of the case in the press.