...not their personal fiefdom (in spite of what they would have you think). This judge in this case found that Micors~1's illegal anticompetitive behavior had skewed the playing field, and tailored a remedy. Remedies are not sugar pills, they are to correct something wrong, and correcting something is not always pleasant for the "host".

If Micros~1 is going to shut off avenues for Java to compete (which they are), then they need to be made to stop that. This is a very effective stopper!

Now if Java is going to shut off avenues for Java to compete (by incompetence, petulance, or sloth of Sun, or by being the wrong tool for the wrong task, or whatever), then this will certainly expose it, won't it? Then Micros~1 can crow "I tol' you so", and I'll hapilly listen. Until then, let's see if it does fail on its own merit (or lack thereof) (I rather think it won't; 300,000 developers can't all be wrong...)