The beta version of the software titan's new Windows XP operating system doesn't have out-of-the-box support for Java and has tightened security settings to block applets.

July 18, 2001 -- In a move that has Java developers up in arms, Microsoft Corp. decided not to ship a Java Virtual Machine for the cross-platform Java language in the recent beta version -- Release Candidate 1 (RC 1) -- of its new Windows XP opera