Microsoft Loses Round in Court Over Java

Published December 24, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

A federal judge in Baltimore rules that Microsoft must include rival Sun Microsystem's Java programming language in its Windows operating system. NPR's Jason Lopez reports the injunction will be enforced while Sun pursues its antitrust case against the software giant.

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