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NEXT MEETING
August 19, 2004
7:00pm

Orrville Public Library
Meeting Room
230 N. Main St. (SR 57)
Orrville OH 44667 USA

Internet Security

CLUB OFFICERS
President
Willis Troyer

Vice-President
Brian Powell

Program Chairperson
Tom Zimmerman

Secretary
Amy Besancon

Treasurer
Pat Johnston

Newsletter Editor
Brian Powell

August TCC Meeting There will be a Tri-County Computer Club meeting on Thursday, August 19 beginning at 7:00pm. This meeting will be held in the Orrville Public Library's Meeting Room, located at 230 N. Main St. (SR 57), Orrville, Ohio. The presentations at this meeting will focus on Internet Security (i.e., firewalls, spyware, antivirus software, etc.).

Microsoft to Carry Sun's Java Version In the latest move involving the bitter dispute between Microsoft and Sun Microsystems, U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz of Baltimore ordered Microsoft to begin carrying Sun's Java Virtual Machine in upcoming versions of the Windows operating system.

The injunction enforcing this ruling comes from an antitrust suit that Sun filed against Microsoft. In the suit, Sun argues that Microsoft has intentionally crippled Microsoft's version of Java so that its version is not compatible with other implementations, thereby reducing the language's usefulness. (One of the key selling points of Java, which was developed by Sun, is that it is cross-platform. Developers can write one version of their program and it can execute on any platform with a compatible Java Virtual Machine.)

The long-term effect of this ruling is rather unclear. Microsoft has said that it will appeal the injunction. Aside from the appeal, Java is being battled on several fronts. One major attack comes from Microsoft's new .NET platform, which is being promoted as an alternative to Java. Another problem comes from the fact that users have had to download a Java Virtual Machine on their own as of late since Microsoft did not ship a Java VM as a part of Microsoft Windows XP.