Re: [Fed-Talk] WWDC June 7-11; Mac OS X de-emphasized; Enterprise sessions missing
Re: [Fed-Talk] WWDC June 7-11; Mac OS X de-emphasized; Enterprise sessions missing
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] WWDC June 7-11; Mac OS X de-emphasized; Enterprise sessions missing
- From: "Blackmon Jerry (Contractor)" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:30:00 -0400
- Acceptlanguage: en-US
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] WWDC June 7-11; Mac OS X de-emphasized; Enterprise sessions missing
On Apr 28, 2010, at 8:15 PM, Scott Jackson wrote:
> Microsoft and Apple actually work well together despite the tongue and cheek quips they pass back and forth to one another. If I recall correctly Microsoft and Apple share patents with their OS's or they made that handshake deal back in 1997 when Microsoft invested 150,000,000 dollars into Apple. Apple dropped all lawsuits it had with Microsoft at the time, and both companies started to perform a great partnership. Even to the point where the MacBU was putting out a better Office (aside from adding great Exchange support). Apple nor Microsoft sue each other over similar OS features. They have more fun slamming each other.
As I recall, this was part of a settlement. The 150m (in stock, which means Microsoft made a tidy profit when they sold a few years later long after the release of the iMac) was announced alongside Office 98. Pure theatre. The meat of the settlement was the cross-licensing of patents and the undisclosed sum Microsoft paid Apple to dispense with the courts. One would imagine that was substantially more than a couple hundred million.
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Jerry L. Blackmon II <email@hidden>
Senior Systems Administrator
Open Technology Group (Contractor)
OITO, Bureau of Engraving and Printing
"The more I learn about computers, the more I like my pencil." -- Susan Katz
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