>>As a matter of interest who owns Java? I thought it was Sun, as they develop, sell and license Java.
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>I'm sure this is more political than anything but Sun owns Java in the same way that someone can own C++. I've also heard it said that Sun "just owns the trademark". In either case, it all smells like typicall Sun nonsense.

I'm not sure that's correct, otherwise, Sun would not have been able to sue MS over is Java implementation.