[Am-info] Apple Rips Microsoft Settlement

[Mitch Stone]

--- From a message sent by Paul Rickard on 11/28/01 6:56 PM ---

>========== On 2001.11.28 04:50 PM, Mitch Stone typed: ============
>
>>>    Apple still has several legal cases that it could file against Ms if 
>>>their relationship dissolves - cases that would be hard for Microsoft to 
>>>win. Ms knows that it can't push too far or Apple will bring those out.
>>
>>Which do you mean? I was under the impression that most if not all of the 
>>outstanding legal issues between the companies were settled in 1997.
>
>    I always understood or assumed that the issues were shelved, not 
>settled.... Getting information about the Microsoft Apple relationship is 
>like trying to get water out of a rock.

I'd sooner try the rock -- but my understanding was the copyright 
infringement disputes were settled with the cash investment, some other 
cash on the side, and the reciprocal technology sharing agreement.

 Mitch Stone  
 mitch@accidentalexpert.com