Microsoft is paying out $700 million to Sun so they can settle their antitrust lawsuit and $900 million to settle other patent issues according to this Microsoft press release. These payouts came out of nowhere but they aren’t entirely surprising due to the recent anti-trust ruling against Microsoft by the European Commission.
Sun's Payday Courtesy of Microsoft
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