According to a report in the New York Times, Microsoft will pay IBM
Corporation US $775 million to settle antitrust claims which resulted
from the U.S. government's antitrust lawsuit against the software
manufacturer. The issues dealt with Microsoft's actions in reducing the
value of IBM's OS/2 operating system, which competed with Microsoft's
Windows Operating System. This settlement with IBM follows several
other settlements of hundreds of millions of dollars each with Sun
Microsystems, America On Line, Gateway and Novell. Microsoft also has a
lawsuit pending against it that was filed by Real Networks, as well as
an appeal of a US $600 million fine imposed by European antitrust
regulators.
Source: Wikinews
