Microsoft Loses Big to Sun

[preacher]

Microsoft just lost their law suit against Sun Microsystems and have been ordered to pay $1.6 billion dollars to Sun and make Windows compatible with Java. I will give you a link when I find it.

[Refalm]

quote:The New York Times: Microsoft and Sun Microsystems announced a surprising armistice yesterday, ending years of public acrimony between Scott McNealy, Sun's chief executive and the leader of the anti-Microsoft camp in Silicon Valley, and the world's largest software company.

quote:The New York Times: Under the agreement, Microsoft will pay Sun, its longtime rival, a total of $1.6 billion to settle Sun's private antitrust suit against Microsoft and to resolve patent claims. The pact also includes a 10-year commitment by the two companies to work closely together, share technology and license each other's intellectual property.

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[WMD]

Wow, this is almost double the EU fine  :eek:

[Mandrake]

It was actually $1.95 billion. More than triple the EU fine. URL: http://news.com.com/2100-1014_3-5183848.html?tag=nefd_pop

[Stilly]

holy shit
thats a fuck load of money

[cahult]

Anyone got a beef with Microsoft? We could get together and start a fight. If we win we can split the dough or fight each other for it.  

[solarflare]

Originally posted by The Stiller:
holy shit
thats a fuck load of money[/QUOTE

Not to Microsoft!

That amount isn't even a third of its R+D department's budget!

[Commander]

and also it's a long time payment. so it has even  less affect on MS, but it's a huge amount of money none the less.