Indiana Ballmer and the Art of the Covenant
John Murrell April 09 2004

... Microsoft will pay an annual stipend to Sun to stay out of court. The
settlement includes a "Covenant Not to Sue for Damages" ..

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/gmsv/8396725.htm

Daeron wrote:

> Indiana Ballmer and the Art of the Covenant
> John Murrell April 09 2004
> 
> ... Microsoft will pay an annual stipend to Sun to stay out of court. The
> settlement includes a "Covenant Not to Sue for Damages" ..
> 
> http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/gmsv/8396725.htm 
> 

So what, they gonna rape Solaris and crossbreed it with Windows for 
Blackcomb or whatever? The only way I see MS surviving is if they move 
to a *nix offering (with) outlook and office.

Having 'thou shalt not sue' is nothing new for MS, they've been stuffing 
it in license agreements for years.

On 2004-04-11, Daeron <daeron@demon.net> blubbered:
> Indiana Ballmer and the Art of the Covenant
> John Murrell April 09 2004
>
> .. Microsoft will pay an annual stipend to Sun to stay out of court. The
> settlement includes a "Covenant Not to Sue for Damages" ..
>
> http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/gmsv/8396725.htm

Why didn't they just kilck-thru a EULA? Then SUN could get $5 back when
MICROS~1 screws them.

-- 
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lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores
the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, led
them into it in the first place.