So it's like Google making their services slow on Firefox? History repeats itself, only the names are different.
> Microsoft successfully suppressed Java for long enough for Sun to die.
Tell me, how did Microsoft "suppress" Java? The main contention of Sun's lawsuit is that Microsoft was harming Java by adding features (most notably, delegate - ie closures). That almost nobody used. I know, I used them. There's no meaningful interpretation of the word "suppress" that applies here.
Furthermore, Java was always a cost center for Sun. There is no alternate history where Java somehow saved Sun. They made their money from selling hardware that eventually nobody bought.
Set aside your blind hate and learn from people that actually worked with these technologies in that era.
One way to suppress something is by diluting it or distracting from it with a bunch of slightly different options. Kind of like the spoiler effect in first-past-the-post elections.
To this day:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_compatibility_issues_in_So...
There was a period in the early 2000s where that was everywhere, and that was when Netscape died.
Causing intentional problems with non-Microsoft Office products on Microsoft operating systems is what caused everyone to get locked into Microsoft Office file formats.
Microsoft successfully suppressed Java for long enough for Sun to die.
You can't just say "no it isn't" and make it otherwise.