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Sun Microsystems May Have Violated Bribery Law

Posted by Soulskill on from the my-friend-abraham-lincoln-asks-you-to-look-the-other-way dept.

Afforess writes "In a new file submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Sun Microsystems admitted that 'we have identified potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the resolution of which could possibly have a material effect on our business.' The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act makes it 'unlawful to make a payment to a foreign official for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business for or with, or directing business to, any person.' Yet, Sun would not release further details, only that it 'took remedial action.' Oracle, the new owner of Sun Microsystems, also said that they had prior knowledge of the infraction, yet also refused to release any details."

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  1. Re:Since most people don't RTFA by commodore64_love · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I always thought this rule only applied to Defense Contractors like Northrop or Lockheed (we get lectured about it constantly). I had no idea it applies to regular businesses too. Interesting.

    Also:

    Can someone tell me what's wrong with Slashdot's front page? I want my low-bandwidth, dialup-friendly version back but despite changing my preference multiple times, I'm getting some frakked-up yellow-and-white monstrosity.

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    "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
  2. Re:Since most people don't RTFA by LukePH · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Can someone tell me what's wrong with Slashdot's front page? I want my low-bandwidth, dialup-friendly version back but despite changing my preference multiple times, I'm getting some frakked-up yellow-and-white monstrosity.

    Having the same problem, thought my firefox profile was mucked up, took a while to worked it was the low-bandwidth option mucked up.

  3. Re:Since most people don't RTFA by commodore64_love · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I ask that question every time a new piece of software arrives. Sometimes the upgrade is worthwhile, but oftentimes "they" change things and make them worse not better. Like when Microsoft got rid of the "turnoff computer" option in Vista, and I couldn't figure out how to do a proper shutdown. (How was I supposed to know some obscure |> thing meant shutdown???)

    Anyway...

    I fixed the front page by switching from Low bandwidth to Simple design. The LB option still needs fixing though - it shouldn't be showing articles from the future, or displaying in yellow and white.

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    "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall