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Microsoft Java Virtual Machine
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<p>The Microsoft Java Virtual Machine (MSJVM) is a <a href="/facts/Discontinued_software/PXHvoNCs">discontinued</a> proprietary <a href="/facts/Java_virtual_machine/l9Nzrsun">Java virtual machine</a> from <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a>. It was first made available for <a href="/facts/Internet_Explorer_3/nVMNx0GX">Internet Explorer 3</a> so that users could run <a href="/facts/Java_applet/oulP2dyy">Java applets</a> when browsing on the <a href="/facts/World_Wide_Web/wvnTrWFq">World Wide Web</a>. It was the fastest <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a>-based implementation of a Java virtual machine for the first two years after its release. <a href="/facts/Sun_Microsystems/VJ9EzEFd">Sun Microsystems</a>, the creator of Java, sued Microsoft in October 1997 for incompletely implementing the Java 1.1 standard. It was also named in the <i><a href="/facts/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp./wnUnBagb">United States v. Microsoft Corp.</a></i> antitrust civil actions, as an implementation of Microsoft's "<a href="/facts/Embrace,_extend_and_extinguish/um1SvsHY">Embrace, extend and extinguish</a>" strategy. In 2001, Microsoft settled the lawsuit with Sun and discontinued its Java implementation. </p>