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Sun and Microsoft Settle Litigation

Posted by michael on from the I-guess-we-can-all-just-get-along dept.

spurious cowherd writes "According to The Register Sun Microsystems & Microsoft have reached a settlement in their several lawsuits aainst each other. Sun gets $2B and both parties agree to share intellectual property." There's a press release to read as well.

3 of 427 comments (clear)

  1. April Fools Joke? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Ok today is the second this is getting a little old.

  2. Microsoft sharing their IP? by KRzBZ · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's April 2nd, fools. This should have been posted yesterday. Besides, who would want to share *anything* with m$, given their history of dealing with "partners"? m$ could be a character in "The Sopranos"...

  3. This is good by MrRuslan · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Microsoft's and Sun's customers win the gain the most out of this...this will lead to better product compatibility and quality.It's good when 2 Huge company's work togheter and share technology.Big win for all =]