An Autodesk Inc. executive testifying for Microsoft Corp. conceded on Thursday that he had complained to Microsoft last year about a decision to drop rival Java software from its new Windows XP (news - web sites) operating system.
Autodesk Chief Technology Officer Scott Borduin's admission undercut his written testimony criticizing antitrust sanctions sought by nine states against Microsoft for risking the "stable, predictable" platform offered by Windows. States' attorney Kevin Hodges cited a pretrial interview in which Borduin said the dropping of Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java seemed designed to boost Microsoft's rival .NET Internet services software.
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