[Am-info] AOL/RH merger (denied) now makes some sense

[John Poltorak]

On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 03:28:42PM +0300, Hans Reiser wrote:
> John Poltorak wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 08:58:15AM -0500, Joe Moore wrote:
> >
> >>Would it be that far-fetched to see them buy another?  Of course, it would
> >>make more sense for them to buy one like Caldera, who also owns the rights
> >>to DR-DOS and would have an anticompetitive suit for that, too, but by
> >>tripling any damages, this could be an extremely good investment for AOL.
> >>
> >>Am I missing something here?
> >>
> >
> >Microsoft have already settled with Caldera - out of court, of course, so 
> >we don't know how much it cost them, or what gagging order they were able 
> >to put on Calders as part of the settlement.
> >
> > 
> >
> >>--Joe
> >>-- 
> >>When you find yourself on the cutting edge of technology, remember:
> >>   The trailing edge is sharper than the leading edge.
> >>
> >
> >
> IIRC, the settlement was for $130 million.

Is there a URL for this anywhere?

It doesn't sound much at all bearing in mind what Microsoft did to DR-DOS. 
They basically sabotaged their software and took their market away. It was 
the most callous and cowardly act that Microsoft have ever committed and 
amounted cyber-vandalism IMV.

I don't think the general public ever got much of an inkling into what 
actually happened when they put code into Windows to prevent its operation 
with a rival's software.

 
> Hans


-- 
John