Sun, Microsoft settle suit in billion-dollar pact

Wobbel · 04-03-2004, 03:42 AM

Sun Microsystems said Friday that it has entered into a "broad cooperation agreement" with Microsoft and settled all outstanding litigation. Microsoft will pay Sun $700 million to resolve all pending antitrust issues and $900 million to resolve all patent issues, the Santa Clara, California, company said in a release.

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**greffov** · 04-03-2004, 07:34 AM

This sounds like very good news to me. Embrace your enemy... the same strategy Apple is following. In the end we (users) get better by it.

04-03-2004, 03:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
Wobbel PCTT's Gatherer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: 2004 Posts: 2,861	Sun, Microsoft settle suit in billion-dollar pact Sun Microsystems said Friday that it has entered into a "broad cooperation agreement" with Microsoft and settled all outstanding litigation. Microsoft will pay Sun $700 million to resolve all pending antitrust issues and $900 million to resolve all patent issues, the Santa Clara, California, company said in a release. Read article

04-03-2004, 07:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
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