[Am-info] Microsoft settles lawsuit for $750m

[Mitch Stone]

Well, now it's official -- AOL and Microsoft are no longer competitors,=20=

they are partners. I can't pretend to be surprised. I predicted this=20
two years ago.

On Thursday, May 29, 2003, at 09:07 PM, Erick Andrews wrote:

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2948672.stm
>
> ...
>
> "The case involved Netscape Communications
>  which now belongs to the AOL group.
>
> "As part of the agreement, Microsoft will give a new
>  royalty-free, seven-year licence of its browsing
>  technology to AOL.
>
> "And it will provide technical information to AOL
>  to ensure that its products run effectively on
>  Microsoft's Windows operating system."
>
> Effectively?  Analyze that!
>
> Question:  should we really freakin' believe the last
> sentence?
>
> --=20
> Erick Andrews
>
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   But we will.  =97GW Bush, Washington, D.C., April 13, 2003