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Microsoft to Pay AOL $750M in Settlement

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the coming-to-terms dept.

aoteoroa writes "Microsoft will pay $750 million to AOL Time Warner to settle an antitrust lawsuit filed by AOL on behalf of its subsidiary Netscape last year, the companies said Thursday. At first blush the deal looks good, but I can't help but wonder how a deal that ties AOL to IE again will negatively impact my favorite web browser." Here's a news.com story that also covers it. Is the browser war over? If so, it sure was anticlimactic.

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  1. Slashdot = winsupersite? by thdexter · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Jesus Christ, why does slashdot cover microsoft more than they cover BSD and Linux combined? Feels like I'm at a Godamn Windows rumor mill. Meanwhile, my submission on University of Idaho's cloning of a donkey is rejected.

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