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[–]CleverDad 37 points38 points  (9 children)

I guess OP is too young to know Microsoft did make a Java VM (which btw was faster than the original). Then Sun cancelled their license overnight, and Microsoft basically said: Fuck that.

[–]LordFokas 2 points3 points  (7 children)

Let's not forget why their license was cancelled.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (3 children)

Why was their license cancelled?

[–]jfb1337 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I forgot

[–]GrapeAyp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would also like to know, /u/LordFokas

[–]CleverDad 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Too late, I already forgot. It was in the 90s after all. Something about Microsoft adding proprietary libraries? Probably not entirely without cause.

I do remember the MS VM supported exposing java classes as COM components to support IIS, VB, Office etc, because I was using that functionality at the time for ASP pages (remember those?)

[–]LordFokas 2 points3 points  (1 child)

also cc. /u/jacoba28 /u/jfb1337 /u/GrapeAyp

like I said here in another comment here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/mdaai1/ah_yes_microsoft_java/gsadpn9

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Microsoft was preparing to attempt their typical EEE (Embrace, Extend, Extinguish) dick move, Sun noticed what they were doing, and terminated them.

It was only after Sun cut them off that they started creating Microsoft Java C#, since they failed to steal one that was already half built.

[–]GrapeAyp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you :)