Editing Java applet (section)

=== 2002: Sun vs Microsoft ===
Microsoft continued to ship its own unmodified Java virtual machine. Over the years it became extremely outdated yet still default for Internet Explorer. A later study revealed that applets of this time often contain their own classes that mirror [[Swing (Java)|Swing]] and other newer features in a limited way.<ref>[http://kenai.com/projects/ultrastudio-org/forums/message-forum/topics/7034-Most-common-problems-found-in-the-code-of-the-reviewed-applets Kenai.com (2011)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823154347/http://kenai.com/projects/ultrastudio-org/forums/message-forum/topics/7034-Most-common-problems-found-in-the-code-of-the-reviewed-applets |date=23 August 2011 }} Most common problems, found in the code of the reviewed applets.</ref> In 2002, Sun filed an [[antitrust]] lawsuit, claiming that Microsoft's attempts at illegal monopolization had harmed the Java platform. Sun demanded Microsoft distribute Sun's current, binary implementation of Java technology as part of Windows, distribute it as a recommended update for older Microsoft desktop operating systems and stop the distribution of Microsoft's Virtual Machine (as its licensing time, agreed in the prior lawsuit, had expired).<ref name="sun_suits"/> Microsoft paid $700 million for pending antitrust issues, another $900 million for patent issues and a $350 million royalty fee to use Sun's software in the future.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/apr04/04-02SunAgreementPR.mspx |title=Microsoft and Sun Microsystems Enter Broad Cooperation Agreement; Settle Outstanding Litigation: Ten Year Agreement Sets New Framework for Industry Cooperation; Reduces Cost and Complexity for Customers |date=25 February 2010 |publisher= [[Microsoft]]|access-date=22 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225015449/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/apr04/04-02SunAgreementPR.mspx |archive-date=25 February 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{primary source inline|date=July 2018}}