SUN AND MICROSOFT END BITTER LEGAL DISPUTE

摘要

Microsoft And Sun Microsystems ended one of the technology industry's longest-running feuds last week when the companies said they would settle all outstanding legal disputes and work to ensure more interoperable products. The legal settlement and technology-sharing agreement was reached after an all-night bargaining session that capped nearly a year of talks. It calls for Microsoft to pay Sun nearly $2 billion. Sun chairman and CEO Scott McNealy and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled the deal at a hastily called news conference in San Francisco during which the two exchanged Detroit Red Wings hockey jerseys. Both executives grew up in Michigan, and McNealy is an avid hockey fan.