A U.S. appeals court heard arguments Thursday about whether it should let stand a lower court decision to require Microsoft Corp. to carry a version of Java endorsed by rival Sun Microsystems Inc.
Providing a consistent way to run Java programs on PCs, cell phones and other client computers is the next hurdle in the evolution of Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java technology, the head of Sun's Java and XML (Extensible Markup Language) software group said Monday.