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Desperate embrace.

The article discusses the relationship between Sun Microsystems and Microsoft. On April 2nd, Scott McNealy, the chief executive of Sun Microsystems and a hero of Silicon Valley was jovially embracing, and swapping Detroit Red Wings hockey jerseys with, Steve Ballmer, the boss of Microsoft, the Redmo...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 371; no. 8370; pp. 54 - 55
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 4/10/2004
Materias:
Sun Microsystems Inc.
Microsoft Corp.
McNealy, Scott, 1954-
Ballmer, Steven Anthony, 1956-
Computer operating systems
Chief executive officers
Antitrust law
Business
Actions & defenses (Law)
Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)
California
United States
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Sumario:The article discusses the relationship between Sun Microsystems and Microsoft. On April 2nd, Scott McNealy, the chief executive of Sun Microsystems and a hero of Silicon Valley was jovially embracing, and swapping Detroit Red Wings hockey jerseys with, Steve Ballmer, the boss of Microsoft, the Redmond-based software giant. Microsoft will pay Sun almost $2 billion to settle Sun's pending antitrust lawsuit against it, to resolve patent issues and to pay in advance for some licensing royalties.