Re: Hatch wants Gates back

[Mitch Stone <mstone@vc.net>]

--- From a message sent by Eric M. Bennett on 7/18/98 10:44 AM ---

>Not according to "Hard Drive".  It says that Gates settles while the jury
>was deliberating, and that Microsoft's settlement offer went up about
>$100,000 per hour.  Seattle Computer finally accepted and the jury never
>returned a verdict.

Quite right. They declined to settle earlier, though, and it cost 'em.

>>The other case I think you're
>>referring to is Z-Nix, the mouse manufacturer.
>
>Yup, that's the one.  Another out of court settlement with terms not 
>disclosed.
>
>I also failed to mention the QuickTime piracy case, which Microsoft settled
>out of court after its partner in crime (Intel) admitteded that code had
>been stolen by the subcontractor Intel and MS had hired.  But not before
>issuing a public message accusing Apple's David Nagel of leading a "band of
>thugs" to persecute Microsoft and third-party developers and promising to
>defend anybody Apple sued against Apple's supposedly unjustified suit.
>
>Now why would Microsoft settle with a "band of thugs"?  Hmmm.  They must
>have no principles at all!

It was my understanding that the QuickTime copyright infringement suit 
was finally settled within the larger technology sharing agreement 
between Microsoft and Apple (though again, most terms not disclosed).


   Mitch Stone
   Editor, Boycott Microsoft
   http://www.vcnet.com/bms 
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