Only until Jan 2004 when it will withdraw it again.

[link|http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/06/18/020618hnjavasupport.xml|IWE news story]

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"In order to remove this legal issue, we are no longer going to offer the download feature but instead make JVM part of the default installation of XP through Service Pack 1 that will be available" in the second half of this year, said Cullinan.

However, JVM has not won a permanent spot in Windows. From January 2004 Microsoft won't be allowed to change any of the code in its JVM, because of an agreement with Sun, Cullinan said.

"Therefore we will no longer offer Java in Windows from January of 2004," he said.



Doug M