Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Sun and Microsoft Make Nice

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the more-expensive-then-a-kiss-and-make-up dept.

DrLudicrous writes "Sun Microsystems and Microsoft have reached some kind of settlement (NYTimes, registration required) with regards to patent issues and Sun's antitrust suit against Microsoft. Microsoft is apparently going to pay Sun about 1.6 billion US dollars, join into a ten-year pact of cooperation, and resolve a set of patent disputes. This has been in the works for about a year, starting as a series of phone calls between Scott McNealy and Steve Ballmer. You can also catch the story here." update oh well, it's a duplicate. Nothing else interesting happening today :)

2 of 152 comments (clear)

  1. Sun + MS + SCO == Friends forever and ever. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You can live in denial, or you can just accept that MS and Sun is going to turn on linux and Free Software in general.

    Brought together by a common enemy.

    Sure, MS will dispose of Sun sooner or later, but after they've done how much damage?

  2. Microsoft needs to keep Sun alive by mr_majestyk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's in Microsoft's interest for Sun to survive because it weakens the monopoly case against it (the same way Intel keeps AMD alive). The more healthy Sun is, the more MS can point to them as a viable competitor in the server market. Indeed, this is a little reminiscient of Microsoft's investment in Apple a few years ago, which preserved that company as a nominal competitor in the desktop market. This might be called "managed competition".